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[@typerightseesight]

That is never gunna happen.

[@maisumcriticonainternet4351]

In other words, "surviving mars" and "The Expanse" will happen for real, but probably without the alien elements. I don't mind, I love that game and that show. I wish I could live long enough to see it though.

[@cornpowa]

The casual mention of senicide really caught me by surprise.

[@SebastianWellsTL]

I'd advise against the practice. It's a very dark rabbit hole to go down.

[@JeffBilkins]

When playing Surviving Mars I might have build a 'retirement dome' where colonists can spend their non-productive last days, complete with their own service levels and independent life support that definitely works all the time.

[@The-KP]

​@@SebastianWellsTL Remember when Obamacare set up "death panels" to decide who lives and dies, and Trumpcare came along and eliminated them by replacing Obamacare with a thoughtful, reasoned approach to universal healthcare that respected everyone's life? Me neither.

[@DanH-u3f]

A Mars colony would be mostly underground to save energy and protect the inhabitants.

[@k.sullivan6303]

Perhaps we will have to build a large Space Station approximately 1 km in diameter. It will have to spin to create artificial gravity. It will have to likely have an inner section that does not spin that could serve as a docking area for space ships and shipping and receiving. It would have to have a middle section that can spin or stop spinning for the purpose of transferring people and goods to the permanent spinning section (or the section that is the most permanently spinning). It is likely that the outer almost permanently spinning section would normally have to have days of advanced notice before the spin could slow down or stop. The outer section would have to have locking clamps to secure any objects or food that is normally not secured during times of no artificial gravity. The outer section would be the living habitat and would need total or acceptable protection from radiation. The inner non-spinning section would likely house the engines for propulsion of the entire space station, and perhaps power for propulsion of the spin and breaking of the middle and outer sections (likely ring like perhaps the power from the center section could be transferred to the outer sections similar to the way electric street cars have a pole mounted on the street car that goes up to a wire, or perhaps like an electric train gets power from the tracks. There would likely have to be 2 or 3 nuclear power generators housed in the inner section and perhaps they would have the capability to be ejected from the station if one became unstable. This space station could then be sent to orbit Mars or any other moon or planet that would benefit from the station orbiting that body. This way, scientists, miners, builders, farmers, etc. could take necessary breaks from working on bodies that are dangerous to stay on for certain amounts of time.

[@UltimateDan1]

“Communications would be difficult… imagine sending a message to a friend and having to wait hours, sometimes days, for a response.” Sounds about normal anyways. Everyone always pretends like they’re busy to respond quickly, anyways.

[@justdadstuff5171]

worst time lag is 48 minutes +the time to digest your message and compose the return message. Any delays on top of that are due to the human factors which, like you rightly state, are absolutely normal. As a matter of fact, the Martians probably have a LOWER effective delay due to the 'Oh it's Mars'-effect that'll probably be in place for at least the first few months.

[@UltimateDan1]

I think life on mars will be more like living underground. The surface is too inhospitable with the temperature, weather, and solar radiation.

[@nicholashylton6857]

_"...settlers will not have all of Earth's luxuries."_ Now THAT is an understatement! They'll be on a planet is always trying to kill them. The harshest place on Earth is a paradise in comparison to any random spot on Mars.

[@caulfieldmj]

Is it really progress if humans go back to living in caves (on Mars)

[@JamesTurfKing]

Yes😊

[@SebastianWellsTL]

You have to start somewhere. Like any opportunity, it's not all butterflies and rainbows. Caves will only be the beginning!

[@Landrew0]

I don't think a colony on Mars will ever happen. There's no payback for a massively insane expense. When we can build self-sustaining habitats, there will be no point to building one way out on Mars.

[@andrewsarchus6036]

Except it has resources on hand like water and minerals.

[@graysonbaker9053]

@@andrewsarchus6036what does mars have that earth doesnt

[@andrewsarchus6036]

@@graysonbaker9053 The comment was with reference to the OP's proposal for self-sustaining [space] habitats.

[@graysonbaker9053]

@@andrewsarchus6036 im asking you bro bro

[@andrewsarchus6036]

@@graysonbaker9053 You're apparently too dumb to converse with. Goodbye.

[@richardandersonmolinabetan1783]

Ice-Home? Bro that's just an igloo on Mars! 🤣

[@ronschlorff7089]

lol, I've always thought the Inuit would make the best Mars colonists!!

[@youngblood2]

This is madness!

[@markweed7787]

The colonist that settle Mars ,must use everything,discard nothing

[@ThomasDuffney]

what could solve the muscle deterioration and strength could be an exoskeleton attached to the EMU/EVA suit for support till they get used to gravity on mars, or the moon.

[@raytribble8075]

In my mind… the future is going to be more like the series The Expanse… I am not sure we will evolve above “us and them” within the next few centuries

[@silverfacetwin06]

Awesome video!

[@rowshambow]

Ive said it before and I'll say it again. The only way this will work is if you're adding on / printing new habitat modules and rooms every few months. There is no reason why this couldn't be done with in situ resource utilization.

[@PlanXV]

Will there be any potatoes 🥔 there 🤔

[@davidroddini1512]

Of course 😂

[@nicholashylton6857]

Potatoes *_and_* duct tape. Without them, space travel is pointless

[@k.sullivan6303]

Here is my recent post that I had AI modify to improve the structure of the narrative for better understanding. I used Copilot. Here it is: **Concept for a Large Space Station** **Overview:** A large space station, approximately 1 km in diameter, designed to create artificial gravity through rotation. The station will have distinct sections to facilitate various functions, including docking, habitation, and propulsion. **Structure:** 1. **Inner Non-Spinning Section:** - **Purpose:** Serves as a docking area for spaceships and a hub for shipping and receiving. - **Features:** Houses the engines for propulsion and power generation, including 2-3 nuclear power generators with ejection capabilities for safety. 2. **Middle Section:** - **Purpose:** Acts as a transitional zone for transferring people and goods between the non-spinning and spinning sections. - **Features:** Capable of spinning or stopping as needed to facilitate safe and efficient transfers. 3. **Outer Spinning Section:** - **Purpose:** Provides living habitats with artificial gravity. - **Features:** - Requires advanced notice to slow down or stop spinning. - Equipped with locking clamps to secure objects and food during periods without artificial gravity. - Offers total or acceptable protection from radiation. **Functionality:** - **Artificial Gravity:** Achieved through the rotation of the outer section. - **Power Transfer:** Power from the inner section is transferred to the outer sections, similar to how electric streetcars or trains receive power. - **Safety Measures:** Includes the capability to eject nuclear power generators if they become unstable. **Mission:** The space station can be deployed to orbit Mars or other moons and planets, providing a safe and stable environment for scientists, miners, builders, farmers, and other personnel. This allows them to take necessary breaks from working on potentially hazardous planetary surfaces.

[@richardbloemenkamp8532]

Maybe a future video can include a bit more why we would want to colonize Mars. I think the reasons are are still quite weak.

[@tyharris9994]

You might want to consider The Fermi Paradox. For whatever reason there appears to be a selection filter that stops sufficiently edvanced civilizations from moving out into space before they end. We are probably approaching that filter. It may be AI. It may be the ability to edit genomes. It may be particle physics experiments. Von Nueman robots, Thermonuclear War. Global Pandemics .Asteroid strikes... As Don Russell used to say-the known unknowns and the unknown unknowns. Any way you slice it you double our chances of the survival of consciousness by being multi-planetary.

[@cptrelentless80085]

Hot Barsoomian chicks

[@jaythegreat9211]

The big reason is to create redundancy for humanity in case of an extinction level event here on Earth. Resource harvesting would be a secondary reason

[@stevenscott2136]

​@@jaythegreat9211 A case could be made that if we mess up badly enough to render Earth uninhabitable, we failed our test and should make way for something else. Resources of any kind are unlikely to be worth the effort to ship home, so resource extraction is a silly reason.

[@justdadstuff5171]

One reason of many: the technology we'd develop by colonising Mars can help save the world. Everything designed for Mars will be designed for repairablity and recyclability; something we could definately use here at home. But even bigger; a Martian colony will force us to develop mastery over closed-loop systems with a.o. biological factors, which is something we don't (really) have because we don't need it (just torch some rainforest if you need more arable space, right?). If we develop the tech to have controlled food production for Mars you'd have the first keystone to learn how to scale & optimise for cost here on Earth; if every city had an Amazon veggie fulfillment center which produces nigh all food the city needs, human footprint would instantly become a LOT more manageable. And so on, and so on. Colonising Mars would present us with some very clear problems that push us to gain a level of mastery over ALL factors relevant for life to thrive. Factors that we don't even know about because they are already covered here. Maybe we learn something like the optimal way to bind and vitalise loose soil, which taches us that to fight desertification you don't need to plant and water billions of trees, you just need a sprayplane with a mixture of these specific 3 bacteria and 2 fungi or something. We don't know what we'll learn there, but we know we can learn things theere we can't learn over here. And I think the knowledge of how to transplant and sustain life itself is about the most valuable knowledge we as humanity could collect.

[@MidnightOtter-19]

Introverts wouldn't feel sad because delayed communication. Build a server there that has at least 30% of the internets data. 3D print a building that's 300x300 feet that has grass and trees inside. If it have super high ceilings it would be cool. Nevermind video games. Besides a Mars colony is the same as being in prison. Closed off from the world locked away in a small room with at least 150 people that you can't get away from. Sometimes it could be years to even touch real grass.

[@MachWonder]

I give it 200 years before we got multiple cities on Mars.

[@caezar55]

Given that the Earth will be hit by a planet killing asteroid in the future, with 100% certainty, it makes sense to gradually build up our expertise and technology for self sustaining habitats. However given the enormous expense, risk and resources involved i suspect we won't actually build one until we absolutely have to, when it might be too late.

[@stevenscott2136]

Makes you wonder if the effort would be better spent on ways to divert asteroids. Find it early and it wouldn't take much to nudge it onto a different orbit.

[@jimashby43]

It's the Death thing and the handling of the Bodies I need to know more about. Is Cremation even a option or just being thrown in a hole 😢

[@letsgetoutsidenow]

As exciting as it is to see SpaceX build its starship to get humans to mars I am becoming increasingly concerned for what will happen when people get there. As this video points out there are many known and unknown problems to be faced ranging from the harsh environment to just natural human flaws creating conflict. I am genuinely concerned over the technology for building mars habitats in situ, parts have been demonstrated but I am unsure of how mature this technology is. The tesla Optimums robot today is barley able to manipulate a brick let alone build a wall unsupervised and yet it seems the expectation is that it will be ready to ship to mars in two years to build up the 'manned base'. Yeah Elon makes big claims but Elon time is seldom reflected in reality. Still exciting to see what the future will hold.

[@scittw22]

Given how he treats his workers I wouldn't want any part of the off-world dystopia he'd probably try to build

[@justdadstuff5171]

If it happens, what will happen is quite obvious: 1) no matter the preparation, the preparation will prove to be inadequate. There are just too many unknowns to avoid that. 2) some shit will go horribly wrong, some people will die bad deaths. There will be public outrage. All remaining and future settlers will say 'yeah we know that shit could happen, and we know it could happen to us. We accept that. Now get out of the way and let us continue our job.' Just like the Apollo astronauts did after that test went horribly wrong. 3) is in doubt. Let's hope they manage some grand successes before that shit hits the fan, to provide some counterweight to the unavoidable public calls for cancellation, or something.

[@Jstar74]

FYI with AI we don't have to send people to mars we send robots and automated machine's to do our bidding, communication via laser technology ect.....

[@tyharris9994]

Could we use pre-streamed entangled photons to communicate with zero lag? That is to say have a constant stream of entangled photons going both ways that move at light speed but that are modulated by users after the fact to create audio or visual signal? Just throwing it up on the whiteboard for consideration.

[@nicholashylton6857]

FTL communications? Nope. You can entangle particles, but they cannot be used to send useful information. The receiver will always detect random noise. The universe may be "non-local", but the speed of light... indeed, the very speed of causality... isn't something you can get around.

[@1nFect3d1]

awesome! so when do we all get your giant magnetic helmets?

[@Rotem_Golan22]

Nice

[@pepperjackshack2439]

Thanks for not being another AI space channel

[@overworlder]

Only the Moon is worth colonising, and then only for industry. Otherwise we should put our effort into habitats. Kyplanet agrees, see his latest video.

[@Landrew0]

We've been able to colonize the moon for over 50 years. Ask yourself why we haven't.

[@gregor-samsa]

China will do it ... just because they can and to show it:-)

[@harryflower1810]

Nuclear sub crews will give a good example of people living in isolation in a non natural environment also man has shown historical its capacity in long term travel eg long sailing ship voyages and antarctic exploration

[@GadZookz]

On Mars, what will happen to evolving slouches and loungers?

[@danielsmith7951]

Cool idea to get to mars before we blow each other up on earth, we will be the Victor's so we can come back to earth and do it all over again, yayyyyy

[@patrashdigger]

I'm pretty sure that garage, especially plastic will be recycled

[@ronschlorff7089]

I think it will be great place to visit but you would not want to live there, like most of Canada and Antarctica, too cold a lot of the time of the year. But at least you can breathe in those Earthly places, unlike Mars. In the distant future though, when fully terraformed, it will become an Earth "ex-pat" location for many, I predict!! :D

[@PrinceOlamide-mq5iw]

Bro how do you keep up with what's new You really are trying💪💪

[@AlexanderMacNabb]

Hasn't Mars' core cooled and turned solid?

[@janospalla972]

Can we get more of these

[@sooma-ai]

The video explores life in a Mars colony, covering challenges of space travel, harsh Martian conditions, habitat designs, communication issues, necessary skills, psychological impacts, healthcare concerns, and potential long-term developments in Martian civilization.

[@popthiccle1158]

We got Ai bot video summary commenters before gta vi

[@MattPerdeck]

What is the incentive for people to move to Mars? California and Australia attracted lots of people during gold rushes. Many Europeans settled in North America for religious freedom or to get land to start a farm. What resource is there on Mars? If the purpose of the colony on Mars is science like in Antarctica, then it will never grow bigger than say 100 people and will always be dependent on Earth for spare parts, medicines, etc.

[@uncleeric3317]

What do you do with a colonist who commits an assault on another colonist? People will start losing their minds.

[@WebberAerialImaging]

Nothing like the thumbnail 😂

[@BuzzC-t3l]

Sounds like a BAD IDEA

[@c0ldsh0w3r]

Dude, wtf is with the gigantic mommy bot at 5:00?????????

[@stevenscott2136]

Short answer -- it will suck.

[@mrafard]

the same problem that exist on earth will exist on mars

[@patrickbrannen2887]

Every structure on Mars should be bored under ground.

[@justmeagainjajaja]

How is the human body going to get used to new types of atmosphere, not just physical chances, but physical too, right? Laws in space aren't taken into account yet, that would be the first step.

[@rowshambow]

They wouldn't be breathing the martian atmosphere.

[@justmeagainjajaja]

@rowshambow the differences between the earth and Mars are not just the only ones. Gravity and radiation are important factors.

[@rowshambow]

@justmeagainjajaja yeah. I've personally known that for about 30 years. Every engineer working toward mars missions is aware of this

[@bartlomiejodachowski]

if we send monks to mars then there will be no isolation problem XD

[@patrickkelly9721]

Isolation and no privacy simultaneously? 🤔

[@freakinchrist]

Short. Life on Mars will be short.

[@davidroddini1512]

A day on Mars is only 37 minutes longer than earth so I don’t think it will have that big of a difference in life span. 😜

[@youngblood2]

We can't even manage our own planet! Give me a break!!!

[@erickelly8704]

Hold up what happened to building underground to protect from foreign objects hitting the camps and the upper stages are for light and visual because not much to see there 😂 & how they can get to the ice underground as well?

[@flannelshirtdad]

Mars cannot be terraformed. Also, this video appears to be just a regurgitation of the same stuff from other sources over the past 5+ years.

[@SonyaDemondnd]

I really appreciate your hard work! Your videos are always so interesting and informative. Keep up the good work!🎽🌉🍧

[@graggysummers]

Umm .. how about machines terraform it first?

[@davidroddini1512]

Because terraforming takes centuries. By the time it’s terraformed to be like earth, it may already be too late. You know how much the population can grow in a couple hundred years?

[@nicholashylton6857]

Science is still discovering how our world works even though we evolved on this mud ball. Trying to duplicate it on what is probably a dead world is ludicrous.

[@adambachert4300]

The truth is humans will not colonize mars in the lifetime of anyone who ever sees this.

[@dberry999666]

a harsh truth - What a Chinese Mars Colony Will Be Like! should be the title lol

[@michaelsulkoske4373]

I’m sorry….but if the solar winds blew the Martian atmosphere into the solar system, what would keep it from doing it again after trillions are spent to terraform Mars? How are you going to create a magnetic field to protect the atmosphere you’re trying to create?

[@ujayet]

-60 degrees Fahrenheit?..damn!!..Yakutsk Russia is -30 to -40.. if anyone can survive mars it would definitely be those humans lol

[@MotSter]

Using stock / royalty footage is especially cringe when it resembles nothing like the environment discussed instead looking like a PSA.

[@dogfacedponysoldier87]

I don’t think it’s possible.

[@svenvogelaar8472]

yeey regulair voice

[@chrislee8886]

Too many folks are watching and reading scifi. Technologies will improve in the next decades and may make such outposts “bearable” but the need for this now at tax payers expense is highly questionable.

[@rzrbk]

First!

[@jefferywatson4176]

Whats the point Of all of this effort ?

[@EmilyEldada-e2l]

Your videos always bring so much laughter and good cheer! Thank you for your talented and quality work!🥰👍🐽

[@jeremys6387]

Is Tucker Carlson the host? It sure sounds like it.

[@kristinarain9098]

_Eat recycled food. Recycled food is good for you, and the environment..!_

[@youngblood2]

WE DON'T NEED TO WASTE MONEY ON PUTTING HUMANS ON MARS! AI WILL DO FAR MORE, FOR A FRACTION OF THE COSTS!!!

[@LordHat6030]

No views in 12 seconds, bro fell off

[@spacerocketlab]

Glad to be part of this awasome video, great job as always !

[@jamesconner8275]

Please, can we stop talking about terraforming.

[@markweed7787]

Earth must be " Terraformed first,once that is complete climate change ends

[@EvaMyrlrl]

Thank you for your contribution to enriching the content on KZbin. Your videos always exceed expectations!🥇🌈‍🔥

[@bluestraveler2980]

Can you say body order. eew gross.

[@valeriybobrovskiy3837]

Only underground settlements! Otherwise, fast death. Search for natural caves.

[@rowshambow]

Habitats on the surface covered in sandbags of mars soil would be the same as building underground

[@CharlotteRaheems]

Your videos are the epitome of quality and style. I look forward to each new release!🫔🤖🌖

[@SebastianWellsTL]

It will be epic!