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Cool. I think SpaceX is doing incredible work and am positive we will see a manned journey to Mars within our lifetime. But a sustainable colony? Sorry but I do
by dharma1 11y ago
Cool. I think SpaceX is doing incredible work and am positive we will see a manned journey to Mars within our lifetime. But a sustainable colony? Sorry but I don't see it happening.
The earth is a paradise, life depends on so many fundamentals which are missing from Mars, as well as an intricate network of trillions of interactions in the ecosystem which took hundreds of millions of years to form. I think we are deluded if we think we can replicate that
- Sir_Cmpwn 11y agoWe can replicate that on a small scale. I don't think we'll see Mars terraformed any time soon, but a sustainable colony is possible for sure. Mars is rich in water and we can bring our own plants and animals.
- dharma1 11y agoSounds like prison sentence at best, where do I sign up? Sounds extremely fragile without an atmosphere/magnetosphere
- Sir_Cmpwn 11y agoIt's not like you'd be alone. Plans are to have a thousand people or more. This isn't an amateur effort, you know. You're viewing this scenario through a pessimist's lens and you won't be convinced otherwise.