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A City on Mars: Reality kills space settlement dreams (arstechnica.com)
submitted 11 months ago by meyotch@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

illegal

Oh, right... that is what has stopped the Phony Starks from building capitalist Utopia in Antartica - it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that it's utterly inhospitable to human civilization at all.

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That and lack of exploitable resources, meaning a lack of capital. There's no shortage of capital for the modern space age.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.world -5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

exploitable resource

Yeah... because Antarctica lacks water. And wind energy. And some of the most protein-rich waters on the planet.

Poor, poor Phony Starks... imagine being held back by legislation they could easily bribe into non-existence if they wanted!

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because Antarctica lacks water

We're not exactly hurting for water

And some of the most protein-rich waters on the planet.

This doesn't require building a civilization of any sort