"Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars"
It's great to see someone FINALLY mention the magnetosphere issue, in the very first sentence no less, but this article rips into the idea so much more thoroughly than that, and with admirable gusto.
https://defector.com/neither-elon-musk-nor-anybody-else-will-ever-colonize-mars
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@anandamide It doesn't matter. As long as he can deliver an interplanetary logistic network the humanity is in the green. I think it is just simpler to rally midwits with The Mars Colony than "actually, let's just strip-mine it with nuclear excavators and build huge orbitals". L5 society tried the latter and failed to gain interest.
