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If you want to establish an extraterrestrial base where people can live continuously there really is one place of choice: Mars.
You'd still need to bore tunnels to live in (to hide from radiation) but at least there would be near-normal gravity (preventing muscle degradation and other nastiness) and it seems like all the essential elements are available.
So a pipe dream, maybe. But in its sort the best option for now.
And when it succeeds and we look at the stars for further expansion, Mars is a much more suitable launch platform than the Earth. Thinner atmosphere, lower gravity, so much more extra capacity or speed to aid the last stage of the rocket.
Hell, they may even set up factories to produce and launch high-orbit satellites for Earth.
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Last edited by RedDevil; 03-17-2018 at 06:52 PM..
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