Colonizing Mars would be a death sentence to any person that goes there.

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We're not meant to save the world. We're meant to leave it.
You say that then 200 years later some crazy Belter starts throwing asteriods at Earth and Mars cuz his brand of humanity is "superior". Weak boned lames:unimpressed:
 

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Titan and Enceladus, would be good choice. But I heard floating above Venus was a possibility with a Bimp like craft.

You say that then 200 years later some crazy Belter starts throwing asteriods at Earth and Mars cuz his brand of humanity is "superior". Weak boned lames:unimpressed:

Lol, this shyt reads out like the Afrofuturism shyt I’m writing.

But as far as I know, you’d need a special suit on Mars anyway even after terraforming because of the radiation over millions of years. Colonizing Mars I think is possible and I think the technology to do so would be at such a point that potential physiological issues will be mitigated.

I definitely do agree tho that humans on Mars would gradually evolve into another type of human. What ironic is that a lot of the more destructive things going on on earth like fossil fuel use, mining, etc etc wouldn’t be an issue on Mars and the asteroid belt. Would prolly give the earth a chance to heal.
 

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Have you read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress? Or Red Rising? I didn't read Red Rising, but it sounds but I did read TMIAHM. Anyway, they both sound similar to your book...But that Afrofuturist flavor? Yeah, we need that...

I haven’t read those but thanks for puttin me on lol. Yeah, I’m trying to make a very deeply layered story. I was a space nerd as a kid so I definitely plan on utilizing that knowledge. We definitely need more stuff like that that uses Black characters within those genres.
 

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Living on Mars is not a long term solution, because you cannot terraform Mars.
If you want to colonize another planet you must be able to terraform it.
But since mars has no magnetic field it will not shield the planet and retain a livable atmosphere for humans.

If you want to colonize another planet you must be able to terraform it, and if you must be able to terraform it the planet must have a magnetic field.
Solar flares is not enough.
Mars is not it, our next planet is has yet to be discovered.
 

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Living on Mars is not a long term solution, because you cannot terraform Mars.
If you want to colonize another planet you must be able to terraform it.
But since mars has no magnetic field it will not shield the planet and retain a livable atmosphere for humans.

If you want to colonize another planet you must be able to terraform it, and if you must be able to terraform it the planet must have a magnetic field.
Solar flares is not enough.
Mars is not it, our next planet is has yet to be discovered.

From the research I’ve seen, terraforming is possible by creating a greenhouse effect but it’s not a long term solution like you said. It’s too small to maintain a thick atmosphere like the one on earth as well as there being no magnetic field which leaves you at the mercy of cosmic rays. These deficiencies is part of why it became how it became in the first place.

Also, one of its asteroid moons is destined to crash into the planet so that’s a disaster waiting to happen.
 

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The human body evolved on this planet based on specific conditions. The most important of all being gravity.

Mars has 62% less gravity than on earth so the human body will decay much faster than on earth. Humans over time would evolve a totally different humanoid species or simply go extinct.


The movie Avatar is an example of what Hollywood gets right and wrong about space and other planets. The Navi evolved to have stronger bones and where much larger to compensate for the obvious weaker gravity on the planet. It’s also why the humans shouldn’t have been able to walk around, even with the oxygen masks on.


Until we learn to develop artificial gravity, colonizing should be off the table when it comes to other planets.

the closest planet to earths gravity btw is Venus which is not habitable.
What if I told you everything on Mars is underground :shaq:
 
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