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Highlights: #187 – Zach Weinersmith on how researching his book turned him from a space optimist into a “space bastard”

80k After Hours

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Challenges of Human Settlements on Mars

The chapter explores the ethical and practical challenges of creating human settlements on Mars, particularly focusing on the potential repercussions on children born and raised in such extreme conditions. It delves into the lack of crucial data for supporting life development in Mars colonies and emphasizes the urgent need for ethical experiments to gather this essential information. Concerns about abnormality rates in children, limited care facilities, and the concept of relying on natural selection in human colonies on Mars are highlighted.

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