Mars and the Future of Humanity 👾
In this episode, Justin and Mattimore discuss...
- What NASA and SpaceX have planned for Mars in the short term,
- The challenges of establishing a Martian colony in the medium term, and
- What Mars could one day become in the long term
Key Questions:
- Why go to Mars? Why not go to Europa, Titan, or somewhere else?
- What does NASA and SpaceX have planned for Mars?
- Why is it so hard to get to and then land on Mars?
- Why not just land rovers on Mars? Why do we need to send humans?
- What are the main obstacles to colonizing Mars?
- How might we overcome those obstacles and succeed?
- What are the key structures that need to be built on Mars?
- When will we first successfully land humans on Mars?
- What would life be like on a Martian colony?
- How might a Martian colony be governed?
- What might the geo-political relationship be like between Earth and Mars?
- For how long would Mars likely be dependent on resources from Earth?
- What could Mars one day become in the long term via terraforming?
Future Scenarios:
- Worst Case Scenario
- Best Case Scenario
- Most Likely Scenario
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