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    3 days ago

    There are still people who think humans can live on Mars, with today’s technology even?

    The continuous radiation bombardment alone makes it virtually impossible, but the insane cold won’t help. Spending the rest of your life in cramped pods isn’t quite the psychological experience you would appreciate, and the low gravity is going to mush your muscles up. And there’s no way back, ever. So seeing mum and dad at christmas … fat chance. You might zoom them, with 20 minutes delay per direction. But Gen X billionaires that read too much shoddy scifi in their youth never think of those things.

    Oh, and Elon promised us that Mars colony in 2021. There’s not even a starter kit on the surface yet.