Question isn’t whether Mars is habitable.
Question is whether our systems are. Earth has given us margin for error. Remove the illusion and engineer Mars.
Doing some math today: 21,000Gal 500bbl of Water for my Arcjet / Thermal Plasma with EM Nozzle using a 10MW thorium reactor as power. @elonmusk - 100T Space Craft to Mars in about 40days. Math is correct. Questions anyone? Can get 200N-600N of thrust.
@elonmusk Mars removes the illusion of slack.
Every system must be closed-loop. Every failure matters. Governance, energy, and life support either work or people die.
That’s why Mars matters now. Not as an escape, but as the most honest stress test civilization can run.
@elonmusk The question isn’t whether Mars is habitable. The question is whether our systems are.
Earth has given us margin for error. Mars removes the illusion of slack. Mars matters now as the most honest stress test.
Solve for survival there, and you learn how to preserve stability eve.