A City on Mars: Reality kills space settlement dreams
Let’s not send a few thousand people to Mars as a big experiment in survival.
@arstechnica send? No.
If folks want to participate in a big experiment in survival on Mars, let's go for it. It would be their choice, and there are plenty of people willing to do it.
Framing things like this as sending overlooks agency.
Let them pay for it, then.
The book appears to be noting unresolved problems, not denying agency.
@Corb_The_Lesser well let any interested parties pay for it.
I'd chip in even though I'm not interested in going. Though I do have friends who are.
But anyway I was replying to the caption above that was talking about sending people, which is phrasing that is often problematic.
It immediately reminded me of, "they're not sending their best" if I have that infamous quote right.
