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What’s the Bare Minimum Number of People for a Mars Habitat? (www.universetoday.com)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A recent preprint paper examines the minimum number of people required to maintain a feasible settlement on Mars while accounting for psychological and behavioral factors, specifically in emergency situations. This study was conducted by a team of data scientists from George Mason University and holds the potential to help researchers better understand the appropriate conditions …

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[+] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world -15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No colonising please. Leave that nonsense to the Age of Sail. By all means, have a science outpost but no permanent and growing settlements, no terraforming, no farming, no mining. We have our own planet and other worlds are not our "manifest destiny to conquer". We must be the Watchers, not the Contangion. Humanity should go to the stars to explore but not to destroy it in our image. Create any permanent settlements on Mars and wars and misery will soon follow.

[–] calavera@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Watcher of what? It's a dead planet

[–] PerCarita@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

Humans could be about to ruin whatever was supposed to survive on Mars in a couple million of years. We've disrupted our own planet, and are about to destroy another one. And honestly, we're not all that great as a species.

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Your ideas are honorable, but imperialists are ruling the world.