Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet
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Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet
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Re: Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet
#2Mars is only a few billion dollars of investment away from being quite habitable, and Mr. Musk should make plans to retire there along with his friends and senior execs within the year.
Re: Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet
#3I think Neil DeGrasse Tyson said it best (paraphrasing): It takes less money and effort to fix Earth than to terraform Mars.
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#4That is sadly the original title but the article is much better than the title. Authors don't get to write their own headlines.
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#5It's always going to be easier to live underground or under the sea, and you don't see anyone doing that.
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Re: Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet
#7I thought this Red Mars was selected for a movie or series a couple of years ago. I guess not, but I think it would make for a good mini-series.
But I agree with the author, and I am starting to wonder if the same thing could be applied if we find earth like planets around other stars.
I almost think on those planets there could be something in the air or water or dirt that could harm or even kill us if we fond a way there.
Re: Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet
#8I thought this Red Mars was selected for a movie or series a couple of years ago. I guess not, but I think it would make for a good mini-series. But I agree with the author, and I am starting to wonder if the same thing could be applied if we find earth like planets around other stars. I almost think on those planets there could be something in the air or water or dirt that could harm or even kill us if we fond a way…
We might not be the only viable biochemistry in the universe.
Re: Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet
#9I thought this Red Mars was selected for a movie or series a couple of years ago. I guess not, but I think it would make for a good mini-series. But I agree with the author, and I am starting to wonder if the same thing could be applied if we find earth like planets around other stars. I almost think on those planets there could be something in the air or water or dirt that could harm or even kill us if we fond a way…
We might not be the only viable biochemistry in the universe.
I was thinking along the lines on those other planets, life evolved to need what ever exists there that can kill us. And vis-a-versa
Re: Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet
#10I thought this Red Mars was selected for a movie or series a couple of years ago. I guess not, but I think it would make for a good mini-series. But I agree with the author, and I am starting to wonder if the same thing could be applied if we find earth like planets around other stars. I almost think on those planets there could be something in the air or water or dirt that could harm or even kill us if we fond a way…
The point of going to other planets was never really to live there, it is to strip mine them of resources.