Low gravity does fucky things to human biology in the long term.
Mars is just barely massive enough to avoid the worst of the problems.
A better solution is to mine the Moon due to the much lower gravity and easy access, then mine asteroids for a few thousand years before we need to think about other sources of metals.
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Low gravity does fucky things to human biology in the long term.
Mars is just barely massive enough to avoid the worst of the problems.
A better solution is to mine the Moon due to the much lower gravity and easy access, then mine asteroids for a few thousand years before we need to think about other sources of metals.