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Maybe there's a reason why the American establishment wants to colonize Mars so badly: If they can build themselves a shelter on a distant planet, maybe they think "oh, now we can make nuclear war as we want, we don't need to have consideration for anyone anymore - if we want something, we get that something by all means!".
They don't need to care about the destruction anymore, but about the business value.
They don't need to care about the destruction anymore, but about the business value.
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Date: 11 November 2016 07:00 pm (UTC)And this doesn't even try to calculate how much money that shit will cost if they want to do it really seriously. Tell me a Russian or an American oligarch which puts up with one of his toys just this long and puts in that much money - they're so easily bored; before you start to reach a solid base, they already pull their money out again like "argh, this takes too long!" because the success of a Hollywood ScienceFiction movie coming true just keeps on being missing.
I always wonder why the Russian aerospace also keeps on sticking to the idea to make plans for Mars. But I would think it's simply because America wants to go there and make Mars theirs, so this side thinks it cannot sleep, it needs to aim for it too. Only to be at eye level with them.
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Date: 11 November 2016 07:36 pm (UTC)Ps This is mostly to the comment below. But I do agree with you.