/sci/ - Science & Math

>>1181969

Given enough resources, funding, effort and time even vacuum is habitable.

>>1181969
It's actually more habitable than Antarctica in some ways, dude.

>>1182006
but the travel time, dude. You know how many bus stops are required to complete a trip to Mars?

>>1182008
Yes. Take a boat.

>>1182006

HERP DERP

No it's not! Unless Antarctica was > 55 million km from Earth!

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I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU BITCHES FELL FOR IT LMFAO

>>1181969

Mars is technically habitable... but it has less resources than every shit hole desert in the world... Antarctica is a paradise compared to Mars.

We will only have large scale colonisation of Mars and the solar system once Antarctica is over populated.

Just wait till artificial intelligence is advanced enough.

Everyone in the entire world can live like billionares and never have to work again. Massive projects being undertaken.

And its going to definitetly happen within the next 30 years.

>>1182032
Actually, there are plenty of resources on Mars. Just not as readily accessible. Water has to be mined or transported from the polar ice caps, iron for steel has to be refined from the iron oxide sand sand, etc.

Given enough resources and technology, any place can be made habitable, for certain values of habitation...

Oh look, all the idiots in this thread are tripfags! What a surprise!

>>1182054
AI will take resources from its ass, of course.

HAAHAHAHA, disregard that, I suck cocks

>>1182064
You really have no idea how much metal ore and such we have. Its not the amount in circulation, for the more that is in circulation, the lesser the price, the lesser the profit.

Also HARDCORE RECYCLING EVERYTHING YOU USE

>>1182071
>implying that we need only iron or whatever common metal to build shit

>>1182061

Sure I'm not denying that there are lot's of resources on Mar's... I'm just saying that there are less of them than any other place on earth.

People don't live in Antarctica because it is a freezing hell hole. And it's still far more habitable than Mars is. Once we get large scale colonisation of the 'edges' of Earth then Mars will start being more realistic.

>>1182054

I think that the technological singularity will happen too. But don't get caught up in utopian thinking. Far more likely that 90% of the population will end up living on unemployment in ghettos.

>>1182081
Asteroid mining bro.
We have the technology and resources to send space trawler crap around the Earth to collect minerals and such.

Just not the money.

And there is quite a bit of rare minerals that can be found quite a bit on Earth, just that they are unprofitable to mine due to their location and such

>>1182093
>Far more likely that 90% of the population will end up living on unemployment in ghettos.

Religion thread is this.

Serious question: Mars' sand is made of?

>>1182054

I actually lol'd at your innocence.

>>1182106
Iron Oxide predominately from what I hear

>>1182106
Mostly iron oxide, traces of hematite (pure iron), and other minerals

>>1182086
Your point stands, lessons learned in Antarctica
can be put to good use on Mars and Luna.
But to get there we need powa',
which is running out, so the sooner the betta'.

Couldn't resist making the last two lines rhyme too, sorry!

Closed maglev tubes which trains go through at 4,000 mph
Mass space travel
A space elevator built as soon as the technology comes available
The best non-polluting cars for everyone
Completely green power (solar, wind, geothermal)
Food, medical care, education and 10Gbps internet completely for free for everyone
No money
FINAL DESTINATION

>>1182117
>Hematite, also spelled as hæmatite, is the mineral form of iron(III) oxide (Fe 2 O 3), one of several iron oxides.
>Fe2O3
>O3
>O

>DERP DERP traces of hematite (pure iron), DERP

>>1182121
I stand corrected. Apologies.

>>1182086
are you kidding? Mar is infinitely preferable to ruining even more of this planets surface let alone places like Antarctica.

earth here. Mars is a fagot

>>1182126

What about ruining the surface of Mars?

>>1182124
If that list is in order of priorities, I'd say the first should be the abolishment of money, as it would eliminate at least one possible source of corruption, and make trade easier. Energy accounting is the way to go, in my opinion.

>>1182130
I put it in an order so it builds up the excitement

>>1182121
Better than full of sulphur. =/

>>1182129
Mars is dead, much more acceptable to build on.

Yup it is, you just need ALOT of resources.

>>1182160
You can extract the resources in situ. Send in a token team with the necessary tools for extraction and processing, a few bots, prepare the area with pre-dropped buildings, and you have a self-building base.

>>1182182
>self-building
Oh my god apply this to Earth

>>1182202
and thousands of people will be out of work

>>1182182
See the following link: http://pastebin.com/Yzjj7Wim

Wrote this up when I was around 14, then expanded it a bit when news of the hematite from Opportunity came in. God, I can't even remember when that was.

NASA fucked up those two rovers pretty well: intended lifetime of six months (?), they've been rolling for five years now? Greatest overkill I can remember. :)

>>1182206
No. Billions.

>>1182209
You wrote quite well when you were 14. How old are you now?

>>1182217
Thanks. 22 now, and I learnt English pretty early. I kind of consider it my second mother language besides Hungarian.

>>1182212

Dumping extra pop on mars is what the future will be all about.

>>1182255
No, I mean it. Every single person not having to be forced to work, while living like a billionare.