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Assuming that SpaceX can refuel an orbiting spacecraft, build boosters capable of launching 1,000 times over, establish a propellant factory on another planet and of course, that you've got US$100,000 to spare, you could soon be faced with some pretty tough life choices. Earlier this week Elon Musk outlined his plan to send one million people off to colonize Mars, but there is a lot to consider when sizing up your own little patch of rock and dust. To get a handle on some of the likely settlement sites if Musk's interplanetary plans do materialize, New Atlas checked in with who we'll call realtors of the Red Planet to find out some prime locations to set up shop.
The fact of the matter is that there are tens, if not hundreds of potential Mars landing sites being bandied about by scientists concerned with such endeavors. At a NASA workshop last October, hundreds of researchers from around the world debated the strengths and weaknesses of 48 strong candidates, and the reality is these will be chopped and changed as we come to learn more about our dusty red neighbor. But hey, it's been a big week for Mars and the romantic notion of dreaming big, so we'll get into the spirit of things and let our imaginations run wild just a little.
What's your choice, the bottom of Valles Marineris, the Gale Crater, the Medusae Fossae Formation, or other?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Hartree on Thursday October 06 2016, @01:10AM
"send one million people off to colonize Mars"
I've got a whole list of people I'd like to volunteer for that!
Martin Shkreli doesn't top the list, but you know he's on there somewhere.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday October 06 2016, @01:19AM
Ark B
And we'll give them lots of guns, explosives and ammo, booze and drugs
The highlight reels will be great.
(Score: 2) by jelizondo on Thursday October 06 2016, @01:39AM
It does sound like America today!
Who was it that said he thought the ATF [atf.gov] (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobbaco and Firearms) was a convenience store in the US?
I believe the Englishman [wikipedia.org] thought Ark B actually landed in the good ol' U.S. of A.
Cheers
(Score: 1) by sweettea on Thursday October 06 2016, @01:52AM
(Score: 3, Funny) by el_oscuro on Thursday October 06 2016, @02:04AM
Ah yes, the B Ark. These tales of impending doom allowed the Golgafrinchans to rid themselves of an entire useless third of their population. The story was that they would build three Ark ships. Into the A ship would go all the leaders, scientists and other high achievers. The C ship would contain all the people who made things and did things, and the B ark would hold everyone else, such as hairdressers and telephone sanitisers. They sent the B ship off first, but of course the other two-thirds of the population stayed on the planet and lived full, rich and happy lives until they were all wiped out by a virulent disease contracted from a dirty telephone.
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(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday October 06 2016, @11:48AM
And release hallucinogens into the air system. That's how they did it in the Vault.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by forkazoo on Thursday October 06 2016, @05:45PM
No, you are thinking of the ones we send to colonize the sun.