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		ithkuil 28 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating ... The only advantage of terraforming Mars is that if you do it wrong you're not making it worse for anybody that lives there. It could be a good test bench if it wasn't for the elephant in the room: it takes a very long time to terraform a planet

Tadpole9181 28 days ago [–]

There's also the tiny detail that we are technologically incapable at the moment.

ithkuil 28 days ago | [–]

Well, that's why it's a good idea to have a place to try things out, so we can learn.

But of course, doing that is highly impractical for many other reasons.

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