Let’s not send a few thousand people to Mars as a big experiment in survival.

A book review on the latest Weinersmith creation. It’s true, there is so much we don’t know.

Just throwing this out there on this forum because missing technology is the problem that kills the dream of Mars, according to the authors.

  • Landsharkgun@midwest.socialEnglish
    394·
    1 year ago

    Do not colonize other planets. They suck. They have all the downsides of space habitats (needing sealed environment, etc), while also adding more (breaches now let in toxic dust instead of vacuum, cannot control gravity via spin, etc).

    Just build O’Neil cylinders. If you can’t do that, maybe work on stabilizing the ecosystem we evolved to live in. Nowhere will ever be better than here, folks.

    • meyotch@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      If it’s a Jack O’Neil cylinder, I will consider your proposal.

      It works like a regular O’Neil cylinder, but cooler somehow.

    • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.eeEnglish
      82·
      1 year ago

      Lol

      The whole concept behind colonizing a planet is to be able to exploit the resources.

      Which you cannot do with an O’Neal Cylinder. Since you have to manufacture it yourself.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      There is so much about the cylinder concept that hasn’t been thought out, it’s just an insane undertaking even if it could all work. It started as a joke, but hey maybe one day someone will prove it to be a better reality.