10 Reasons Colonizing Mars is a Bad Idea

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10. There May Be Life Beneath the Martian Surface
9. Terraforming Mars May Be Impossible
8. No Magnetosphere
7. Negative Effects of Low Martian Gravity on Humans
6. Harmful Radiation
5. Water Locked
4. Supplying Mars Colonists
3. Air Supply
2. Martian Regolith
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[@rasalasblack]

If there ever was a chance to settle there (ubder the surface), how will we reproduce on Mars? Will any foetus survive or develope as it should in such a low gravity? Does anyone know some speculations about babies in zero-g or very much lower gravity than our planet?

[@lingthegreat]

Just because it is hard doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it anyway.

[@NotHPotter]

Y'all missed the #1 section header in the video description. Just says 1.

[@kylemckay8169]

We should be aiming to colonize another planet or planiod. Even if difficult. We cannot leave the entire fate of humanity in one basket (earth).

[@Chris-es3wf]

Audible Suuuuucks.

[@rahulnambiar3928]

Humans: We'll find & colonize many planets in the future. Earth: Yeah, we'll see about that.

[@TheWeatherbuff]

I'll stay in Colorado. My refrigerator and TV are here, along with my Comfy Chair.

[@christophern7921]

Hey I’m moving in! No on second thought I’m taking your chair to mars with me

[@TheWeatherbuff]

@Dr. Snake Plissken "You will stay in the Comfy Chair until lunchtime! With only a cup of coffee at 11!"

[@jaysenshere]

As soon as the aliens see us spreading to other planets they are going to be like, "alright get the raid."

[@bboner2]

Yes they prefer to keep us linked to this tiny pod.

[@derrickallen2054]

I spit out my coffee 😂

[@mrfugazi6713]

I’m not saying there is life on other planets and I’m not saying there isn’t, but what I am saying, if there is life on other planets don’t you think for one minute that they haven’t been observing us and if they have there’s no way on earth are they gonna let us live anywhere near their planets, not after what man has done to this one.

[@mrfugazi6713]

@@bboner2 and can you blame them for that?

[@Cosmicmorales]

@@mrfugazi6713 true.

[@saldan3985]

"If we have the power to Geo-engineer mars into earth, than we have the power to Geo-engineer earth back to earth" -Neil Degrasse Tyson.

[@workingmansdead44-ug8hl]

Probably the one thing I could agree with him on.

[@qdllc]

An erroneous assertion. Geo-engineering isn’t an exact science. It’s safer to work on a blank canvas than risk it where you are. One wrong move and your home world is ruined.

[@xileets]

@@qdllc True, but, What if we've already ruined it by that point?

[@makisekurisu4674]

The thing is earth is short on minable resources. That is why nobody will try to colonize venus.

[@qdllc]

@@xileets - I suppose it’s then a question of do you want to risk making it worse.

[@nunyabidness3202]

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise a kid. ...in fact, it's cold as hell!

[@rasalasblack]

It seems like something these channels and scientists avoid mentioning so publicly, how will we reproduce there? A foetus floats in our womb (I'm no expert, someone reply for facts) but I doubt it will develope as it should when on Mars.

[@spiritusmundi70]

And there's no one there to raise them if you did.

[@dougbennett8592]

It's lonely out in space.

[@CanadianB.O.W]

Nothing gonna be, rising, over there ;)

[@thecoobs8820]

Too pessimistic, stop underestimating science

[@iteerrex8166]

My field is physics and I'm an avid outdoorsman, so Im first in line for adventures, but going to Mars is like a spoiled kid wanting a tiger as a pet. "It would be sooo cool."

[@_Abjuranax_]

A Mars based Asteroid Mining operation would eventually be feasible and would support the cost of developing one. But we would have to develop the infrastructure required to do so, and it will be a while before we become a Type I Civilization.

[@drsuperhero]

C Ray Starling, I think we need quantum AI running bots with a directive to mining asteroids and create new living spaces for us in orbit, mars and maybe Venus. Mere matter of engineering and programming.

[@shebbs1]

@@drsuperhero Considering the programming issues we have with everything from Boeing's MCAS to faulty code in military computer systems, it is not an easy issue to resolve.

[@cgi2002]

@@_Abjuranax_ tbh mining Mars is inefficient. Asteroid mining is a much more viable long term resource operation. None of that pesky gravity to annoy you. Mars would probably be more useful as a research base, and possibly resupply base for missions further out, but realistically you'd be better off using it as shield for an orbital facility with spin gravity. Put the facility on the far side of Mars to the sun to block some solar radiation, you need to deal with radiation before you start planning long term missions.

[@1otenwithonotzero223]

Lol field in physics and you think this is kind of sad

[@Snake-yx1dq]

"The Earth isn't trying to kill you" have you heard of Australia?

[@jantschierschky3461]

I live in Australia, still alive. Not sure for how much longer so. But for over 50 years been ok so far

[@brianwhite4098]

Jan Tschierschky something venomous is coming for you

[@jantschierschky3461]

@@brianwhite4098 hmmm been bush many times, so far ok.

[@tiki_trash]

THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE IS TRYING TO KILL US!!!

[@CrowScratcher]

@@tiki_trash: And create life. A bipolar universe?

[@JohnVKaravitis]

The #1 reason is that the gravity on Mars's surface is only one-third that of earth's. Not enough to keep people healthy. Much as we hate it (and things like friction), gravity is important.

[@theStormWeaver]

We actually don't know this for certain, we merely suspect it. This here is actually the only problem in this list that is potentially insurmountable in the next century. The other 9 are fixable issues, some are simply a matter of brute force. Meaning, a matter of mass or quantity of supplies/shielding/what-have-you.

[@hollymolly7685]

@@theStormWeaver we know mars don't have atmosphere and it has weak magnetic field....it's impossible to live on Mars... everything is toxic on Mars including soil, dust winds, less gravity...its core is completely different compared to earth....there is threat of cosmic radiation from space because of no atmosphere...even hell is better than mars... 😂

[@theStormWeaver]

@@hollymolly7685 Every one of those problems is surmountable. The "toxic" soil can be cleaned by simply rinsing the perchlorates out. The radiation levels on Mars are less than in open space because you have the planet beneath you blocking half the radiation. All of the problems are surmountable with effort. Venus is basically hell, and that's much harder than Mars.

[@Lipidwave]

@@theStormWeaver Gravity isn't surmountable....

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

@@theStormWeaver What are you talking about?

[@grahamfahlman]

It's probably better to start a base in the moon first to see how it goes before we go to Mars. It's easier/faster to get help to the moon then to Mars if somthing goes wrong. You could also bring new science teams or experiments as needed.

[@et76039]

Heartily agree with all the reasons listed.

[@lostbutfreesoul]

It can also be a manufacturing and refueling base. One of the reason, not the only but a large one, we use the current window to send probes to Mar's is the cost. A moon base would be able to build the space craft in near zero-gravity, so it can be massive and refuel would still be a fraction of the costs. At that point we wouldn't need to worry if it takes five times as long to get there, it would carry decades worth of supplies, have more then enough redundancy systems to make breakdowns irrelevant, and still function at a fraction of the cost. Alternatively, with the right equipment on the moons of Earth and Mars, we could use tiny unmanned craft to send a constant stream of supply to Mars.

[@adarian]

Also would be much easier to launch for mars from the moon as you do not have to contend with the earths atmosphere fighting the launch and you are already part of the way out of our gravity well and much of the things you need to start could be mined and manufactured on the moon for the mars colony. It really is brazenly stupid to try and build a colony on Mars before you do so on a MUCH closer celestial body that is about the same in turns of how hospitable it is to life. Elon Musk brings up Mars over and over again because it gets him in the news but mark my words. No Mars colony will exist before a Moon colony. It is just not a smart way to go about it and would only happen if some idiot personally foots the bill for the couple hundred billion dollar project as any non idiot would want a proof of concept success in a similar and much more affordable test venue like the moon. You could probably get a permanent base on the moon and beginrobotically mining and smelting metals and water ice and making rocket fuel from the hydrogen and oxygen you can get there all for the low low price of 20% what that same base on mars would cost. Without as much danger either since regular supplies and aid could be shipped with relative ease in comparison.

[@GameCastingMedia]

It’s the whole reason NASA are doing it in the first place mate their new station above the moon is there so they can cut some distance and time to Mars but we need to see exactly how humanity and life cope on a colony closer to home and because obviously experiments.

[@_Abjuranax_]

We would also need to develop a Space Elevator to get needed supplies into Space from the Earth, as Rockets just simply cannot carry enough payload for interplanetary travel.

[@jyggalagdaedricprinceoford6239]

We're still waiting for the top ten most disliked business blazed episodes simon

[@rhov-anion]

SMASH that dislike button!

[@01oo011]

Forget that! I want top ten Danny escape attempts!

[@iginheo]

@@01oo011 They'll have to get on with the Biographics episode about Danny's life before they do a top 10 of his escape attempts. I really want to hear more about the outcomes of his pre internet dating service

[@graylinshowell7051]

Everyone knows that all those dislikes on Business Blaze are Russian trolls

[@01oo011]

Graylin Showell or Elizabeth Holmes try to stop him acquiring Theranos.

[@753951ish]

it’s unfortunate to see so many people with a lack of desire to achieve something meaningful in life. there may not be a proper meaning to life, but for many, exploration and the pursuit is enough to keep the light at the end of the tunnel burning. please don’t be close minded, and realize we are getting off the planet one day, or our story ends with it.

[@aaronak2005]

Agreed!

[@g_y.rtz420]

Blind optimism can also kill entire civilizations. You seem to not understand how big of a problem mars not having a magnetic shield is. Or cosmic radiation. Or muscle atrophy. Its not a lack of desire, it's called being realistic.

[@kirkjohnson9353]

Tyler Nichols - How does our 'story end' by not 'getting off the planet' ?

[@noahfecks7598]

They just need to find an oil reserve on Mars and we'll magically have the technology to make it happen ASAP.

[@QuietFury9]

This made me laugh more than it should have lol

[@bloxracer3627]

Time to give them martions freedom

[@justinregenwetter5240]

I feel bad for Saturn's moon titan..

[@drill_fiend1097]

Titan is already full of liquid methane, but we all know the real cost is distance... The real treasure trove is 16 Psyche, which is essentially an unfinished core of a planet that never became.

[@leeruoho6343]

With they way things are going here on Earth, colonizing Mars seems more like asking people to keep striving amid difficulties of the present, with the far off hope of a "promised land"; naive at best, but possibly cynically cruel.

[@joeyr7294]

Don't you hate when your favorite KZbinr uploads 3 vids all at once....it's always complicated as to which one to watch first lol Keep up the hard work and awesome content!

[@joeyr7294]

@jumblesgoodridge lmao 🍻

[@rautamiekka]

Simple: watch in order of publishing.

[@michaelpipkin9942]

@jumblesgoodridge If you were truly on cocaine, you would think nothing is impossible!!! Haha

[@joeyr7294]

@@rautamiekka they all popped up in my notifications at the same time 😉

[@rautamiekka]

@@joeyr7294 Kinda had the hunch. But if you look at your subs uploads list you'll see them from newest to oldest. Take the oldest, so in case a newer one refs an earlier one you're less likely to be missing something.

[@USMCCGAGNG]

We can’t even colonize the Earth successfully.

[@KILLRXNOEVIRUS]

:(

[@GameCastingMedia]

If anything we’ve colonised too damn successfully

[@catey62]

Exactly. we shouldnt even be thinking about colonising other planets until we learn how to do it right on Earth first. we'll only screw it up like we have here if we dont.

[@stefanschleps8758]

Touché.

[@thechosenone9769]

Um, we have taken over most of the planet excluding the oceans. People are everywhere.

[@N3CR0T1C_V3N0M]

Point of the video: if we think we can run away from our problems here instead of making changes, and cleaning up the mistakes we’ve perpetuated, there is a massive wake up call that needs answering.

[@JFrazer4303]

The atrocious trope of leaving a trashed Earth and running off into space never comes from those who are knowledgeable about space and advocate it, but from those who are ignorant of the prospects, don't like a new idea which they're unfamiliar with, and it's usually spoken from a position of wanting to find something (anything) for which to feel morally righteously self-superior to others for. For instance, Musk says to become a multi-planet species, then in answer to the stupid question, he says "that means this one too". Bezos echoes everyone from Gerard O'Neill to Konstantin Tsiolkovsky who's said that with the resources of space we cold end scarcity of energy or resources or room for growth, forever and provide ways to allow growth while at the same time vastly reducing the industry down here.

[@Zurround]

NO other planet can REPLACE Earth. If we ruin the Earth we are SCREWED. At BEST colonizing other planets is just an "added bonus" but we still need EARTH to survive as a species.

[@AMVShooterUnlimited]

It always confuses me to why they want to try mars first, the moon is much closer and easier to get to.

[@TheChadxiii]

The moons weak atmosphere lack of water and moon quakes that can last hours.

[@seyl717]

Exactly but i think they will send a woman to the moon soon in the artemis mission

[@flashgordon3715]

@@TheChadxiii As far as a human is concerned, mars has no atmospheric pressure, the moon is just as easy to live on

[@TheChadxiii]

@@flashgordon3715 actually mars does have some atmosphere and more consistent temperatures for human life. The moon has none at all and is not as protected sir.

[@AMVShooterUnlimited]

@@TheChadxiii but due to the close proximity the moon is the better option. Resources can be transported from earth easily whilst the people who go to Mars you'll most likely never see again (seven to eight months to get there, what are the chance of having supply's for a return trip) . Atmosphere and temperatures aren't that much of a concern as we're not going to be outside, protective structures will be made to support the humans (like the ISS but grounded on the surface). It just seems to me that it's best to start small before heading to our nabouring planets

[@garman1966]

You didn't mention that having to live underground where you couldn't see the planet and it's day/light cycles would be really depressing.

[@davegoldspink5354]

Excellent job on this video Simon. 😂🤣😂 Am imaging dreamers yelling at their screens. I’ve always put colonising Mars as fanciful as battery powered cars taking over from internal combustion engines (I believe we do need an alternative to ICE but our current battery technology isn’t it) and zero CO2 emissions. I think instead of wasting the billions on space launches we are currently seeing it’s time we got real and put money into solving our planet’s many problems. It’s one thing looking up at the stars and dream it’s another thing to be living in reality.

[@adriandabarber3996]

reality is its only a matter of time until another mass extinction brother, be at our hand our nature itself so why not try breath life into our empty solar system and then maybe the vast cosmos will become our reality not only for the survival of life (which is rare) but to also give earth and each other a breather to heal. Yeah true there is a lot of fanciful and grandiose ideas around it but it is a noble cause that may set up the technology future generations may not have the time to create in a time of dire need trying to overcome the teething problems we are working through now. Lets try action some of these ultra rich towards helping nature and not just attacking the few trying and maybe one day we can have both a beautiful ancestral home and a chance to survive cataclysmic event? Or we wait for it all to die and become nothing more than the dust of a wasted miracle.

[@harveyrichard2007]

Totally agree !

[@robertmurdock8164]

Yeah humans are evolutionary creatures who are conditioned to live on a life sustaining world not a toxic dump which is hostile not just human life but life in general

[@7777Scion]

Yeah - all those sociology students will be venting their spleens.

[@faithhouck2907]

Excellent documentary! Love it very much!

[@twocvbloke]

I'd say let Elon go first, then let him tell us it's okay, if he survives... :P

[@ryanDogAdventure]

Your joking right? He’s not doing this for a hobby. The space industry is going to the biggest thing ever. He’s working on setting mankind on a new path. Not feeding an itch to do a new kind of bungee jumping thing!

[@iSRS28-ov3ps]

Ryan Demond well said sir lol🙈😂looking forward to that moon trip tho 🙈I hope Elon doesn’t send potatoes =cameras on that trip 😰

[@iSRS28-ov3ps]

Ryan Demond money make the world go round my friend ...but I hope 1% it’s for the humanity sake

[@savage1267]

So much agree. 👍

[@savage1267]

@@ryanDogAdventure

[@merrittmarcus13]

This is a great video to watch right after the TopTenz video about how we will colonize Mars soon. Especially since that video didn't explain how it would counter all of the actual challenges.

[@taotaostrong]

It’s cheaper to visit California. We have orange skies and lethal atmosphere here. Come on over. 😷

[@Cosmicmorales]

Lmaooo

[@ManahManah77]

11. 3 breasted mutant women. Wait, that's actually a reason in favor.

[@mamaliganeagra]

nice Total Recall reference :))

[@HuesingProductions]

_See you at the party Richter!_

[@brianjohnson5272]

First question WHICH WAY TO VENUSVILLE!!!!!!!

[@QueenCaitiePie]

There are mutated 3 boobed women right here on earth 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@sudiousmine]

Two weeks!!!

[@imchris1978]

Anyone else noticed the flipped poles on the picture of the Earth at 3.39

[@shebbs1]

Technically that image is correct as it references magnetic poles, and the South Magnetic Pole is really, in magnetic terms, a magnetic north pole. And vice versa, at least until the next pole reversal. Plenty of info online about this from credible sources.

[@sewergal1]

Great video Simon thanks for posting.

[@Mohawks_and_Tomahawks]

The dislikes are the people from 'Mars One' who signed up for the 'One Way Trip to Mars in 2024'.

[@Chris-es3wf]

Or people that hate the terrible audio book sponsor.

[@levarmitchell3962]

Or Elon Musk and his fans.

[@Chris-es3wf]

@@levarmitchell3962 Elon didn't invent the idea of colonizing Mars...

[@yerwotm8]

The idiots that signed up to the Mars One scam?

[@bryzesavage9824]

who in the right mind would live in that hellhole of a planet

[@joec.9591]

Mars is long known to have been a failed planet. There are many reasons why it failed, and it's moronic to ignore it all.

[@bluesmurff6163]

Also about that life... Surely, there are a bunch of viruses, bacterias, or something of the sort that might react in unpredictable ways with our bodies ?

[@hermask815]

I’d like to study the effects of low gravity on sagging breasts. For science.

[@CaptainMarvelsSon]

It is presented as though scientists want and are going to terraform Mars into a simi-Earth-like habital planet over many years so that we can live there. How about using those resources to fix Earth's problems before we go and mess with another planet?

[@anne-droid7739]

No, we don't. The percentage of scientists working on terraforming Mars is vanishingly small.

[@lostbutfreesoul]

The technology to colonize another world would require the same breakthroughs that would 'fix earth.' For example - If we can create manufacturing plants in zero/low gravity, we can move the ones we have on earth into space.

[@bluesmurff6163]

They should be working on desalting water instead... That and something to replace plastic.. Or a cheap way to fully recycle it

[@anne-droid7739]

Thank you for editing the comment, OP. It takes a big man to change a declaration, and I applaud you for it. I have been a scientist for 40 years, my father was a scientist for seven decades, my husband and friends--all scientists...and yet I have never met a single one who favored the idea of colonizing any other planet. Everyone I know has their hands more than full with trying to save this one.

[@pakde8002]

That would be infinitely more intelligent and interesting

[@nathaiellaughton7569]

The 'isolation' factor is one thing I always wonder about with Sci-Fi shows like Star Trek and B5, how would you really cope in that situation.

[@msmaria5039]

Star Trek has holograms so that might help.

[@7777Scion]

Both have something that just doesn't exist - fast interstellar travel, a perfected space-gravity environment, and Herman-Miller furniture'd spacecraft. 🙃

[@Chalky.]

We're British... We can colonise anything.

[@GameCastingMedia]

British empire 2 Martian boogaloo?

[@ray-za1776]

That's not a guud thing u knw.

[@dr.lyleevans6915]

Ray -ZA Modern political narratives have just made the decision that European colonialism was evil for you. Sure, it had many devastating effects for the indigenous. That being said, there is certainly a strong argument to be made that it was ultimately a net positive thing for those involved. Hell, look what happened to Africa and other nations after the Europeans left

[@taotaostrong]

Would you Mexit if things get rough?

[@lilaclizard4504]

Chalky, and not be stopped by finding life just under the surface either ;)

[@jasonz9902]

Yes Simon. It is impossible for humans to live there. Thank you!

[@laurielyddy4890]

My cousin worked with Carl Levin and his name is tied to the whole Mars water thing. Of course he couldn't talk about it during. And now I try not to bring it up because I don't want to be mean and that was a hell of a lot of work they all did for a hell of a lot of disappointment

[@bateman2112]

Simon makes complex subjects easy to grok

[@anarchyantz1564]

Simon: And Earth isn't trying to actively kill you... *Australian flora and fauna joins the chat*

[@redsk94king79]

What mate i love spider's and snakes... I'm Aussie

[@anarchyantz1564]

@@redsk94king79 Oh so do I. I just love how pretty much most of the plants and animals down under have evolved to find such creative ways to bump off humans lol take the Gympie Gympie for example. Man that tree is both awesome and terrifying at the same time!

[@lilaclizard4504]

@@anarchyantz1564 they only kill tourists though, they don't touch us :)

[@anarchyantz1564]

@@lilaclizard4504 That and showing the Muricans how badass my British cousins down under are! Like the semi truck driver who killed a snake while doing 100 down the road when it tried to bite him in his cab.

[@lilaclizard4504]

@@anarchyantz1564 it was a ute actually, not a semi :) can't go the speeds he was going in a semi :) Otherwise yup, that's just what you do here, kill the second most deadly snake in the world while driving down a road, then chuck it in the back in case evidence is needed :) btw there's some awesome pics of another snake from a big longer ago, red belly black who got into the car engine to keep warm & then climbed out during the trip, on the outside of the car though, so it wrapped around the mirror & then knocked on the driver's window with it's head to ask to be let inside where it was more comfortable :) Driver took pics of it You might want to look up the recent 10 year old great white shark in Tasmania too to really freak you out

[@RonaldMcPaul]

Remember how Antarctica is a cakewalk next to Mars

[@jfrankcarr]

"Some day" - Sgt Bobbie Draper Martian Marine Corps

[@mannlypigg35]

Frank Carr correction, Bobbie Draper goddess of all life

[@rogerfurlong1535]

Of course you can terraform Mars, you just need to start the reactor

[@hollymolly7685]

The oxygen will run escape into space ...there are many challenges in terraforming...it's just a theorey not proven yet

[@rogerfurlong1535]

@@hollymolly7685 Someone hasn't seen Total Recall

[@f.u.c8308]

It's the hubris and disconnectedness of humankind that gives us this delusion, thinking we are so independent we can live on mars

[@rsrocha1984]

well there was I time when a lot of people in the scientific community tought to be impossible to break the sound barrier. Its no hubris to try to challenge our own limits as an species. The moon landing had also a lot of challenges to the tecnology of the time, and yet, they did it. Maybe it wont happen on our lifetime, but to have mars as a goal its a worthy endeavor in my vision.

[@f.u.c8308]

@@rsrocha1984 We are a part of our ecosystem and it is a part of us. We are filled with organisms that we are constantly exchanging with our environment. We can't force homeostasis. We have tipped the balance in the ecosystem we have and we can't manage that. So what makes you think we can create a balanced ecosystem from scratch, when we don't even know all the ways organisms relate to each other?

[@rsrocha1984]

@@f.u.c8308 The fact that its is hard for people living in the present to imagine how the future is going to be. To say what is or is not possible base solely on your knowledge of today, it is, with all due respect, small minded. I can give you at least 10 things that people, scients even, tought were impossible, that became possible with the advanced of tecnology (the aforementioned sound barrier being one of them, but if you want another example, Malthus comes to mind). We dont know all the ways organisms relate to each other today, but the search for knowledge is one of many things that define us as a species, so, I ask you, what makes you think that we will never know? Maybe we can even find out how to create a balanced ecosystem in the process of fixing ours. We dont know. Maybe we will destroy ourselfs first, we also dont know. But it is small minded to think of the possibilities of the human species taking into consideration only the tecnology and knowledge of your time.

[@richgonia8889]

mars colonist will resort to cannibalism after crops fail

[@daniellim8964]

Planet jail

[@frankblangeard8865]

Reason #10 worries about the impact humans might have on microbial life beneath the surface of mars 1:51. How about the impact microbial life might have on the humans which come in contact with it? Movies have speculated about the possibility of bringing a plague organism back to earth from space.

[@10gamer64]

Mars: No resources, no magnetosphere, no atmosphere, like 1 site to see and insane temperatures People: I want that for my home!

[@chuckc662]

We could just leave Mars alone you know. That option is still there.

[@pakde8002]

Infinitely more sane idea

[@argni5266]

Mars isn't actually trying to kill you. it would do it, but passively

[@miloallerton]

Audible recommendation: A short history of nearly everything - Bill Bryson Climate, a new story- Charles Eisenstein

[@boomstick4054]

Sitting around on Mars, no wildlife, considering cannibalism....waiting on the Amazon freighter full of food and supplies.... No thanks

[@vickielawson3114]

0:30 - Wernher Von Braun is pronounced like “Verner Von *Brown* “. Many people (outside Germany and Austria) get that last name wrong.

[@sandydegener6436]

"Martian water everywhere, but not a drop to drink!"

[@heyyou5189]

How do you find time for audible books?

[@MrWolfheart111]

Surprised, its 2020, we need the tech thats lets us inhabit an uninhabitable planet. Even if its impossible, we can always use it for future Earth.

[@pakde8002]

That's depressing

[@Azamat421]

That makes no sense

[@kepanoid]

Just send some Finns. We'll build a sauna, bathe, and sit in front of it naked drinking beer, commenting "It's a bit nippy here."

[@lilaclizard4504]

I don't believe that! Since when would you find conditions a bit nippy?

[@docireland]

Subterranean colonies on moons make more sense since the escape velocities are lower and the "minuses" are about the same as Mars

[@The4cp]

Gravity will always be the problem. It's impossible for humans to hop from planet to planet because our bodies evolved under the exact gravitational forces of our planet.

[@Unformed8]

My audible recommendations: Corpies by Drew Hayes and the City Watch series by Terry Pratchett

[@l0rd_of_hollows681]

I'd move to mars before america

[@CarbonicHolyPally]

AGREED! The moon should be our goal for the next 50 years, then Mars!

[@elaineb7065]

Top of the list: isolating yourself & not going outside have a negative psychological effect. Me: oh that's why my life sucks...

[@pattifeit4354]

@siege There is a village in Siberia called Oymyakon (sorry if I butchered the spelling). I think it's the coldest settled place on earth. Yet children walk to school in minus 50 degree weather, some as young as 6! In the summer it *might* make it to +30 degrees, which is the temperature they keep their houses at. They're not allowed to play outside most of the time, so they're accustomed to being cooped up indoors. A lot. Despite all this, they still hunt and fish and farm for food. They're not unsophisticated primitives, though. They use computers and other elements of modern life -- the ones that can survive the weather, that is. These people are so tough, and so untroubled by how hard and dangerous their life is, that they would be perfect candidates to colonize Mars.

[@mikedroz2301]

4:18 I reached out to Neil deGrasee Tyson on his podcast about colonizing Mars with exactly this question. My man danced around the question and went off on a tangent. I love Neil, but I fear he's become less a scientist and more an entertainer.

[@Mr11ESSE111]

there is no worry for colonizating Mars because we are several hundreds years from that

[@leonardgibney2997]

The problem with getting into space with prolonged missions is you would need all the fuel on Earth to get anywhere using rockets. Then you would have the problem how to get it off the ground.

[@mongomoonbladder8023]

ELON. I'M SICK OF TELLING YOU !!! Use the Starship to industrialize the moon, and use the raw materials to produce an orbital ring ! Oooh, you're hard work....

[@TheRealToadfishRebecchi]

I don't like regolith. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.

[@darthzifdar7384]

Anakin!

[@malp6280]

yep, 1st step should be the moon & then maybe creating a large enough ship/station to move further-out into space...

[@JC-ks3yk]

I'm sure Danny will be OK. He's had plenty of practice being chained in Simon's basement, after all....

[@SuperPhoton905]

Give it time, we'll find a way.

[@sirloin8745]

Coz we still haven't yet learned to look after the first planet we were given? 😳

[@EiriktheNordAndersen-ju4gl]

But given by who?

[@doilyhead]

@@EiriktheNordAndersen-ju4gl Definitely not ourselves...

[@PosthumusArt]

Do a video on the ISS!

[@hunterG60k]

Hey, can you do a video about the UK's role in the slave trade, please?

[@compsmith007]

That number one problem... see Biosphere II.

[@RalphBellairs]

First thing humans do when they get to Mars? Make it radioactive! 🤔🙄

[@shebbs1]

Well, that's more the plan of that latter-day Edison and Corporate Socialist, Elon Musk.

[@johnnylance]

The answer to several of the problems listed is living in caverns, either natural or dug into the polar ice caps. They contain both CO2 and H2O and could supply protection from radiation and perhaps pressure containment as well. Astroids can supply other materials and additional CO2 and H2O.

[@josecipriano3048]

Imagine moving to Mars to live in a cave.

[@Bethelaine1]

We have gone exploring since the beginning. We will continue to do so. Problems will be met and dealt with.

[@drscopeify]

Unfortunately that is not the case because Mars is a dead planet. It's core died 4 billion years ago and unless we invent magic there is nothing for us to find on Mars. Any atmosphere and water vapor simply blew out of the planet in to space when the core died. The efforts to go to Mars are a fools arrant

[@drscopeify]

@Humanity Galatica Mars is a dead rock, it is no different than going to the moon which is also a dead rock. It is far better to set up a colony on the moon. 1. the moon has Helium 3 which is worth tremendous value in money making mining it a serious potential. 2. it is easy to send supplies and humans to the moon. 3. Communications is without any delay. 4. Humans on the moon could create concrete/cement which is critical for building a base and defending against radiation. Concrete stops radiation which is why it is used in all nuclear reactors as the shield, simply thick concrete walls.

[@theclandestinewitness]

Those rich folks can enjoy drinking their own pee. I'm out on that one

[@Sabrina_116]

I feel like we're watching Elon Musk's transformation into a super villain

[@davegoldspink5354]

I don’t know about super villain more delusional

[@DwayneETowns]

It's funny you should say that because he reminds me of a James Bond movie supervillain for some reason .

[@Sabrina_116]

@@davegoldspink5354 he is delusional, but he's got the money and resources to make delusions become reality, or as close to reality as we can get right now

[@davegoldspink5354]

@@Sabrina_116 honestly only time will tell. There’s still way to much talk and little results. I’m personally still waiting for the electric semi which is now over 3 years overdue, the cybertruck is also 2 years overdue, Tesla is behind its production numbers, the hyper loop failed and the manned missions to Mars well I’ll believe that when I see it. And just so you know my biggest concern is the lack of gravity on Mars and space travel itself together the negative effects that will have on the human body. Add to that you might want to take into consideration to the amount of fuel required just to get to the moon which is nowhere as far as Mars. Dreaming of achievement is very different to actually doing it.

[@Sabrina_116]

@@davegoldspink5354 I won't lie, I don't follow him that closely. He's always sketched me out a little and I just don't care to know what all he's saying he'll do.

[@Litepaw]

I'm starting to think terraforming Venus would be easier lol

[@lilaclizard4504]

it would be! It's also more livable now though, possibly better to live on it as is than to terraform, cause right now winds give a 4 day day cycle if the living pod is just left to float around the planet as it pleases in the wind. If we terraform, then we will have to land instead of floating, so that means poll like conditions of 4 months light, 4 months dark

[@bflaminio]

TopTenz in 1899: "10 Reasons Powered Heavier than Air Flight is a Bad Idea"

[@johndoll4774]

That’s basically what this is and in the Stone Age top ten reasons farming is a bad idea

[@nycto0]

After looking at those comments, I think I am the only one who wants to risk living on Mars, I would be happy to die or live there.

[@hannahstahl1857]

Well.... has anyone tried to terraform stuff out of basically nothing irl? It’s a bit difficult on a different planet with different gravity and weather etc

[@anyawillowfan]

I wouldn't say Mars is more dangerous than any other place - Venus is much worse which is why we don't even consider going there (lucky Venus, as humans as a species have a tendency to destroy rather than create).

[@bboner2]

700 degrees farenheit is a big drawback for me.

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

35 of SpaceX's investors disliked this video.

[@pakde8002]

Just Elon Musk fan boys. Modern day cultists.

[@Warhawk76]

Just challenges to overcome Simon, just challenges...

[@andrewharper1609]

There's a series of books by Kim Stanley Robinson about terraforming Mars that might be if interest to people watching this. It starts with Red Mars.

[@lilaclizard4504]

Well I think the isolation thing we've all figured out how to survive now haven't we?

[@AnonymousAccount514]

all the mentioned technology to colonize mars can be used to save earth

[@robinburt5735]

You forgot the main reason why we should never colonise Mars. It is because as soon as a colony gets started it will invariably start a civil war against Earth and lead to countless space wars. (see all sci-fi ever made involving Mars) "The sands of Mars will run red with Earther blood!"

[@anniebranwen4148]

We totally messed up the earth , and ruined it for all life , now we want to ruin mars.

[@joshuaagoncillo1511]

Yes

[@dianecripps204]

Why not protect beautiful Earth.

[@Zurround]

Even if you fixed EVERY other problem with inhabitablity one thing that by itself will ruin the health of the colonists is that Mars has TOO LITTLE GRAVITY. Living with much lower than Earth gravity gradually ruins the human body.

[@moboots]

Iono wen i think of colonizing space i rhink about that space movie, i cant remember the name rn, it was like a colony ship and ppl woke up from cryo sleep and theres like zombie looking monsters everywhere and they later learn that the monsters are other passangers who woke up thousands of years early from cryo sleep and evolved into being cannibal monsters who breed like rabbits so theres enough meat to cannibalize

[@Witchling86]

Man Simon, your a real party pooper. ;P

[@andreweaston1779]

These all sound like problems to be solved not insurmountable difficulties. And granted, they are big ones. But, they’re also the easiest. Venusian floating cities perhaps. How exactly? You can’t land a fleet of unmanned starships on Venus so the supplies are there before the people are. The logistical requirements are insane. Any other body in he system has the same, or worse problems. And if we ever want to do something other than staying at home, we need to try.

[@lilaclizard4504]

Venus is much easier! It's no different to building a colony that floats on water here in order to address sea level rise drowning many nations. If it floats on water here, enclose it's top to hold the air in & it will naturally float at the correct height on Venus too. No gravity, air pressure, radiation, light or water issues on Venus

[@neotheresa]

“The problems don’t stop there” of course they don’t!

[@watchoutforwhoyoupissoff3046]

i was getting expanse flash backs the whole video

[@maxt252-notsotruefacts4]

There's lots of reasons not to go. But we're going to do it regardless. That's what we do! 🚀