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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    4 days ago

    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.