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#271 – Ariel Ekblaw: Space Colonization and Self-Assembling Space Megastructures
Lex Fridman Podcast
Is Mars a Good Home for Humanity?
I think visionaries like Elon are working to make that happen in terms of building the road to space. We are really excited about building out the human lived experience of space once you get there. But Mars is not in its current state a good home for humanity. Too many perchlorates in the soil. You can't use that soil to grow crops. Atmosphere is too thin. A lot of different challenges that would have to be fundamentally changed on that planet and it's also just really thin compared to our atmosphere. So how are you going to grow your food? What is your habitat going to look like?"
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