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We're also going to be facing huge challenges over the next thirty years, such as finding a sustainable, cost effective, substitute to every fossil fuel product, which will keep the scientific community occupied.

We're also going to have to find ways to produce more food for an ever-growing population with a changing climate.

What I'm saying is that supporting a colony on Mars, or even the moon, won't exactly be top priority.