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Originally Posted by CoolMikey
OP makes a good point, it's 1000x easier to build underground cities, it's not as as glamorous as building a colony on mars, but if things get bad on the surface, underground is a way more practical solution.
We should still explore space with an open mind, but living on another planet is a pipe dream likely 100s of years away.
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You realize that just over 100 years ago, the main transportation was horse and buggy? We came a long way in 100 years. We are half way to Mars now as far as technology we simply have to put forth the effort and do it.
Btw as far as Mars goes, I've been saying for awhile that the 1st habitats need to be underground there.
It's much safer and requires a lot less things being taken there. We send digging machines ahead of time to bore out some tunnels. Then we set up fabric habitats that are pressurized because they are easy to transport and Mars requires a lot less pressure than here on Earth.
You can pretty much use big blow up tents made out of Kevlar and set them up underground.