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>>8941950
>>8941950
>>8941950
They DID bring their own livestock.
Deer are impossible to domesticate and fucking useless.

They brought a lot of their own food and primarily ate that. This is strange though considering there was abundant local food available to eat.

We can, and have, grown edible plants in space. It was easier than expected, growing plants on Mars will be even easier than growing them in microG on space stations too.

Tomatoes, grapes, mushrooms, potatoes and lettuce could begin growing in robotic managed habitats launched and deployed years before the first astronauts even arrive on Mars--they'd have a salad waiting for them basically, beats hardtack and dry salted meat.

>there's no air of water
There's plenty of ice, and power can easily be provided. That's all you need to take care of both in a self-sustaining manner.

In response to this thread and OP in general: the point of colonizing Mars is simple 1. some people want to 2. some people can
once there is and overlap between 1 and 2 that's all the reason you need to go to Mars, or do anything ever really. If you're not interested or able, do something else.