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0 pointsboringg4y ago0 comments

I mean SpaceX is trying to colonize mars, if it doesn't manage to pull off this risky gambit we might as well make our only livable planet unlivable in the process. Seems like a good way to operate. At least we will have some cool space tech too.

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lazide4y ago

There is currently no known way a Mars colony could be economically self sustaining or self contained. Literally zero.

So unless there is something truly magical up someone’s sleeve, we need to keep Earth workable for us for the foreseeable future. And I think that is a good thing.

bserge4y ago

Fuck Mars, all those asteroids are going to be way more valuable for Earth. Getting to them needs the same exact industry.

lazide4y ago

Also more energy efficient as no need to climb back out of a deep gravity well!

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lazide4y ago

There is currently no known way a Mars colony could be economically self sustaining or self contained. Literally zero.

So unless there is something truly magical up someone’s sleeve, we need to keep Earth workable for us for the foreseeable future. And I think that is a good thing.

bserge4y ago

Fuck Mars, all those asteroids are going to be way more valuable for Earth. Getting to them needs the same exact industry.

lazide4y ago

Also more energy efficient as no need to climb back out of a deep gravity well!

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