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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The only real estate upside to Mars is a tenuous wisp of atmosphere. Other than that, the Moon is superior in every way.

I'd consider a Moon colony, a floating Venus colony, a Titan colony or a space station. You couldn't pay me enough to go anywhere else, since there's nothing there to spend it on anyway.

Edit: Or interstellar stuff, I guess.

[–] PoopingCough@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Liquid water under Mars' surface could be a huge upside if we can confirm it's there and figure out how to get to it

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

The moon has water too, and melting it is NBD, so they're actually equal there for real estate purposes.

For scientific purposes liquid water is interesting, but it's much easier to send a robot than all the various amenities needed for human scientists, and probably always will be.