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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] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is nothing short of the moon falling to the Earth that can make Mars a more viable place for humans than the Earth.

[–] Noodle07 3 points 1 year ago

Is that a challenge?