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Originally Posted by MDLNB
"NO" because it is not habitable for humans, UNLESS you can live without oxygen and survive the cold. You are better off building a habitat under the ocean than on Mars. Just remember that any emergency assistance is about 9 months away....if you are lucky. On the other hand, what the private sector does is none of my business. What the gov does with taxpayer money IS our business and they spend frivolously as it is. In my opinion, if we are serious about migration to Mars, we should first use unmanned equipment to make the planet habitable, before sending humans on one way suicide missions. Let the private sector fund the experiment.
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Agree 100%. People downplay the immense distances to points in space. There is nothing there that would allow items to be refined/built there. Everything would need to come from earth. Unless there is something there of immense worth to offset the cost, there is no way this is economically feasible.
While still insanely expensive, it would be better to colonize the moon. It would require everything moving to Mars would require, but it is closer, and could be used as a platform for deeper space exploration. With unmanned probes. There is no reason to send a human anywhere in outer space, other than ego.