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philandy 10 points ago +12 / -2

Peace with globalists what?

Is the real reason to go to the Moon and Mars (and Venus soon after) so Earth is outnumbered?

Would we go to Mars's moons or Venus first?

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befehlistbefehl 7 points ago +7 / -0

If you were looking at actually colonizing the system a cloud city on Venus (look up the idea) would be easier to make workable because 1) Venus is usually closer to earth than Mars and 2) it's gravity is about 80% of earth's. Now actually landing (much less living) on the surface is a different story. In that case forget about venus. Mars and it's moons would be the only option for doing anything on the surface, such as mining. As for the real reason for going to those places your guess is as good as mine.

My guess for that, particularly with the moon, is in addition to mining resources, would be to build spacecraft and other space structure there. The reason you would want to build it there is because you want it to leave the ground. The fact of the matter is that earth has a strong gravitational pull which is working against you when you try to launch anything. If you launched from the moon, not only would it be much easier to get off the ground, but you could have earth's gravity working for you. Want to go into a low orbit; Earth's gravity will pull you in. Want to leave; you can let your spacecraft build up speed coming closer to do a gravitational slingshot maneuver.

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philandy 4 points ago +4 / -0

Yes, I was talking about the cloud colony. I also heard that Mercury's twilight zone is a good option, eventually.

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befehlistbefehl 3 points ago +3 / -0

Umm last I checked mercury isn't tidally locked to the sun, so there wouldn't be a stationary twilight zone.

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philandy 3 points ago +3 / -0

A traveling colony is easily possible though since every Mercury day is 176 Earth days.

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IntergalacticWalrus 3 points ago +3 / -0

Where did the solar colonization play in?

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philandy 3 points ago +3 / -0

It's hard not to think that since the US exists, certain party poopers will do anything, including Solar Colonization, to snuff it out.

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befehlistbefehl 1 point ago +1 / -0

I thought you were talking about Trump's Space Force colonizing the solar system.

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philandy 2 points ago +2 / -0

When I think Donald's military, I don't think of conquest.