(October 5, 2024 at 6:24 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote: Musk would be better off working out terraforming technology. Without water, an atmosphere, non-poisonous soil and protection from Solar radiation, there is no way for Mars to be more than a curiosity for Nations or billionaires to visit.
There's no terraforming tech that nowadays can provide anything. Any Mars colonists must rely upon resources from Earth for the next few centuries and probably beyond. There simply isn't enough water or atmospheric pressure there.