Will any of us live long enough to see a permanent settlement on Mars?

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mrstickball said:
How long are you expecting to live?

As it stands, Mars is just too far away, and offers too little for it to happen soon/quickly. If you were going to live another.....65-70 years, permanent colonies may be near to reality. However, what's the romanticism about Mars? The moon is a much more viable and valuable destination that will see colonization sooner. It's a lot closer, and should see a research station by 2030, and a permanent settlement by 2050.

 

The Moon is way too harsh. Mars has some hope of eventually producing goods.

Really, lunar regolith is ultra-nasty stuff. And there ain't much else. At current prices interplanetary economy is a dellusion, but mars settlements could get a lot done with mars resources.