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A Mars Colony Needs Just 22 People to Survive, Simulation Suggests (www.extremetech.com)
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A Mars Colony Needs Just 22 People to Survive, Simulation Suggests::undefined

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[โ€“] snaggen@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Until Eric is caught cheating on his girlfriend with Alice....

[โ€“] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I don't think the bare minimum of people creating a self-sustaining population can afford to be monogamous. Though it doesn't take many generations before that can start, 2nd gen might even be able to, assuming 1st gen has enough kids.