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anotheroutlaw t1_ja99yx4 wrote

Reply to comment by MoreGull in The Case for Callisto by MoreGull

Sure, I think reproducing as well. But you may have had different ideas when you said colonize. Creating a mining colony is very different than creating a colony for people to establish themselves for generations.

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MoreGull OP t1_ja9a704 wrote

If it takes 3 years to get there and 3 more to get back, it will become a real colony if people persist at the location.

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anotheroutlaw t1_ja9bjdi wrote

People can’t just persist there. Survival alone requires technological feats never-before seen in human history. You need to raise the temperature hundreds of degrees, you need oxygen, and you need to account for psychological factors like a lack of sunlight or knowing certain death is a certainty outside the human created environment in which you live.

You can’t just drop people off and say “see you in three years!”.

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MoreGull OP t1_ja9cul9 wrote

I know, that's why I make a big deal of it. Can people actually live - with families, with lives above and beyond whatever job they are out there for....

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anotheroutlaw t1_ja9ieku wrote

I think it’s a great question you posed and one with exploring, no pun intended

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