Colonizing Mars

There's plenty of space here and if they spent a fraction of the cost of mars spend on education and fixing this planet it would do more benefit

Nope but I have several people I’d love to see go.

My guess is that if a private colony were to be set up there it legally would declare itself independent and everything that has to have a license would declare itself registered on Mars as a flag of convenience as the taxes and laws would be minimal. Wages would not be subject to countries minimum wage and workplace laws. Even marriage laws and sex predator laws would be undercut. Religions would likely be taxed and prevented from setting up. The first thing to open would be a casino and a brothel where everything goes as anyone going there would be screened.

Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids.. in fact it’s cold as hell - Bowie

What does Mars have that Earth doesn't?

Hmm, let's see. The soil is toxic to organic life. There's no magnetic field, so deadly levels of radiation shower the planet at all times. The gravity is low enough to be awkward. The atmosphere is barely a trace.

Sounds good! When do we blast off?

No! Mars is a very hostile environment for Earth life; can't breathe the air, can't grow food, only 1% of Earth atmosphere, no magnetic field to protect against radiation, very cold temps. Takes six months to get there.

No. I refuse to contribute to the costly and idiotic dream of manned space travel.

Absolutely not! The several months long journey to Mars, plus the stay on a hostile planet would kill me. I wouldn't have to worry about the journey home.

Only if I knew David Bowie was there, and he'd be doing concerts every Saturday.

I've already seen that movie and it doesn't end well 😬

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Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids..

if I were 30 years younger, maybe.

I don't think I would.

No

living in mars is stupid and pointless , there's nothing there, moreover its very cold i think -70 degrees Celsius

No, because Elon Musk will have got there first and turned it into a colony for white supremacists 😞

I have absolutely no reason to do that

YES!