Is Colonizing Mars just dumb?
People like to discuss when and how we will create a Mars colony. But should we even do it or it’s the dumbest idea ever? Let’s talk about various arguments for and against colonizing Mars.
Sources:
Mars in six years?
https://www.theguardian.com/technolog...
Mars One
https://www.engadget.com/2019-02-11-m...
Sagan’s Essay
https://daily.jstor.org/should-we-go-...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4331...
Apollo costs
https://www.planetary.org/space-polic...
Nasa budget
https://www.planetary.org/space-polic....
Musks note
https://www.businessinsider.in/scienc...
Metals on Mars
https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/ra...
https://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/m...
https://sites.wustl.edu/meteoritesite...
Mars Launch window
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecar...
https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeli...
How long
https://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ve...
Mining on Mars
https://bigthink.com/hard-science/dri...
Antarctica
https://worldpopulationreview.com/con...
Population Growth
https://www.worldometers.info/world-p...
Area of Mars
https://mars.nasa.gov/print/?print=de...
A million people on Mars
https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-mu...
Economics
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10....
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/08/te...
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/cgi/vi...
Reasons
https://stargazersclubwa.com.au/why-g...
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-envi...
For
https://www.businessinsider.com/5-und...
https://space.nss.org/the-case-for-co...
https://astronomy.com/news/2021/10/co...
Against
https://theconversation.com/sorry-elo...
https://futurism.com/author-martian-c...
https://www.toptenz.net/10-reasons-co...
https://futurism.com/humans-shouldnt-...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/b...
Robots vs. Humans
https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
https://www.marssociety.ca/human-vs-r...
https://www.space.com/41551-finding-m...