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Yes and no. Society won't survive on earth because earth's society is dependent on fragile supply chains which in turn depend on everything being ok.

A Martian society would survive by virtue of already being equipped to operate in a hellscape.




yeah but dehrmann is saying, changing Earth to operate in a hellscape level A is way easier than solving the mars hellscape level B...


Not really, because we can take our time and plan and research and try and fail how to operate in mars hellscape level B. When earth hellscape level A happens there will be no more time left to prepare.


ah yes, the political will to do this to earth is not there.


Yup. And unlike on Earth, getting self-sustained settlements on Mars to work is actually within the motivations of at least some people with resources - which makes it a perfect way to develop technologies we need on Earth to hedge against catastrophes, but that we otherwise won't develop because it's not immediately profitable.

This alone is a reason to support the space program. The excitement and curiosity it taps into gives us an opportunity to fund science and technologies we need longer-term, that are otherwise unfundable.




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