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No one writes about technology to colonize Antarctica. Its warmer, has more ready water, less radiation and a breathable atmosphere. Plus its much easier to t
by georgeecollins 11mo ago
No one writes about technology to colonize Antarctica. Its warmer, has more ready water, less radiation and a breathable atmosphere. Plus its much easier to transport supplies.
- glitchc 11mo agoGoing to Mars gives us biodome diversity. What's the gain in making Antarctica habitable? It's not like we're running out of land, and there are many underutilized parcels of land elsewhere on the planet that would be easier to terraform than Antarctica.
- TheOtherHobbes 11mo agoWe're terraforming Antarctica to make it (potentially) habitable anyway. Whether we like it or not.
- nephihaha 11mo agoI think they need to terraform the world's megacities first. :)
- scandox 11mo agoYes and 19th century gentleman scientists were a lot more interested in studying savage tribes than their valets. Imagination is a great motivator and it is more stimulated by what is far away than what is near.