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> Creating an autonomous station on Antarctica or the moon is child's play compared to Mars. That's because it's unnecessary. It's cheaper to just ship supplie
by WalterBright 7mo ago
> Creating an autonomous station on Antarctica or the moon is child's play compared to Mars.
That's because it's unnecessary. It's cheaper to just ship supplies in.
- entropi 7mo agoAnd how is a colony on mars necessary?
- WalterBright 7mo agoI meant it was not necessary for the Antarctica station to be autonomous.
- vjvjvjvjghv 7mo agoIt’s about doing a test run there before we send people to Mars that have no backup plan when something goes wrong.
- WalterBright 7mo agoThe Apollo missions had no backup plan. Neither did many great exploration expeditions in history.
- vjvjvjvjghv 7mo agoA Mars base isn’t exactly necessary either. My point was that we should have such a base for quite a while before we send people to Mars where sending supplies or rescue will take months. There are so many things that can go wrong and the people there will have to deal with these problems on their own without external help.