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What’s the Bare Minimum Number of People for a Mars Habitat? (www.universetoday.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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A recent preprint paper examines the minimum number of people required to maintain a feasible settlement on Mars while accounting for psychological and behavioral factors, specifically in emergency situations. This study was conducted by a team of data scientists from George Mason University and holds the potential to help researchers better understand the appropriate conditions …

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[–] [email protected] 125 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I saw a documentary about this - you actually only need one person as long as they like eating potatoes

[–] BestTestInTheWest 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you talking about pirate Mark Watney?

[–] tmjaea 19 points 1 year ago

Space pirate!

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