top | item 38026573 (no title) Mechanical9 | 2 years ago Is it even remotely possible that a Mars colony could become self-sustaining within the next 100 years? It seems like surviving the loss of Earth is a long way off regardless. discuss order hn newest NoMoreNicksLeft|2 years ago It certainly won't be if we don't build the infrastructure to send (temporarily, at least) people to Mars.Can we bootstrap up an energy economy there? Dunno, that's the first step. With a large enough energy budget, food's doable. Water is likely in situ.> It seems like surviving the loss of Earth is a long way off regardless.Even longer if you wait to try.
NoMoreNicksLeft|2 years ago It certainly won't be if we don't build the infrastructure to send (temporarily, at least) people to Mars.Can we bootstrap up an energy economy there? Dunno, that's the first step. With a large enough energy budget, food's doable. Water is likely in situ.> It seems like surviving the loss of Earth is a long way off regardless.Even longer if you wait to try.
NoMoreNicksLeft|2 years ago
Can we bootstrap up an energy economy there? Dunno, that's the first step. With a large enough energy budget, food's doable. Water is likely in situ.
> It seems like surviving the loss of Earth is a long way off regardless.
Even longer if you wait to try.