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In reply to the discussion: Dennis Tito To Announce Private Human Mars Mission [View all]Bucky
(54,013 posts)36. Not a bad incentive. Maybe the UN could put down rules.
The UN could specify land claim sizes and occupancy rules. Maybe they could drag out the old Principle of Effectivity laws from the Berlin Congo Conference of 1884 and adapt them (if you can hold it and you can run it, it's yours). On the other hand, I wouldn't get too excited about colonizing Mars. Something tells me that even a couple of years living in 25% of the gravity our bodies are designed for would leave our bones pretty fucked up. Returning to Earth would probably be impossible, unless you wanted to feel your legs snapping every time you jogged down a flight of stairs
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"robotics to set up shelter" is not something that's been available for 20 years
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2013
#17
Solar sails and electric propulsion have never carried anything as large as a human capsule
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2013
#26
For that, you'll either need an active planetary core or a STAR WARS-type magnetic field
derby378
Feb 2013
#45
Some kind of 'global government' will be needed to set rules if we do start colonizing other
pampango
Feb 2013
#40
The more I think about it, the more I expect the UN not to be involved in such a process.
Bucky
Feb 2013
#41
So very cool trip to Mars, though I wish they would set-up on the floor of our Oceans first.
Sunlei
Feb 2013
#37
There's a country in North Africa where a bunch of people would like to send their President to Mars
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#42