Science Youtuber Sabine Hossenfelder and Neil deGrasse Tyson, Science communicator and astrophysicist claim there is no business case or economic reasons to go to Mars. They also claim there are technological reasons why it cannot happen.
They claim Mars cannot be Terraformed for 100s of Years and this would be a show stopper.
They claim Elon Musk and SpaceX cannot succeed with Government help
Sabine says the Only? reason to go to Mars is to Save Humanity in the Long Term.
Sabine claims there will be Opportunity Costs? Nuclear Fusion? AI?
I argue the opposite is true in all cases. I claim that huge profits can be made on Mars and that Terraforming is not needed for the first few decades. I claim partial terraforming can work in an affordable and useful timeframe.
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Source : Next Big Future