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[discuss] essential elements for survival on mars
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I honestly think the best approach would be to use old magma tunnels to establish a base deep underground. That provides sufficient shielding, and also gets the settlement closer to water reservoirs.
Temperature is also a lot more stable underground… there’s a lot of good reasons to build in a cave or lava tube. Works on the moon too.
I agree with you as tunnels would address many concerns but I also find it fantastically ironic that once we become advanced enough to colonize another planet we right away go back to living in caves
It has a certain amount of poetic symmetry which would be quite nice.
yeah and agriculture/food security becomes a serious issue and problem again
Remember to put down the red faction rebels down there first!