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This is no cave: Humans will never colonize Mars (ghostofcarnot.substack.com)

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Three big, basic facts about Mars will render it forever out of reach for permanent human settlement. Read more about them on Substack.

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I always wondered how anyone could just dismiss the fact that Mars would simply loose any artificially created atmosphere like it has before. What "invention" or "technology" could prevent that?

Pressurized habitation structures is what I’m imagining. That would hopefully help with the radiation too. More or less the ISS but on mars rather than in orbit. I’m no engineer though so maybe I’m trivializing something that’s crazy difficult or overlooking an issue beyond “it’s hard”.

[–] falcunculus@jlai.lu 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're agreeing with the article, the author says a small outpost is feasible but nothing comparable to a "colony" in the American frontier kind of sense : it will always be utterly dependent on earth, barely tolerable to live in, and all at a constant upkeep it won't pay back. Like scientific bases in Antarctica but much worse.

[–] BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

The article is making up an argument with itself about the definition of "colony."