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The Economics & Practicality of Starting Mars Colonization

by Zero Contradictions

26th Dec 2024

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This is a linkpost for https://zerocontradictions.net/civilization/space-colonization

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The Economics & Practicality of Starting Mars Colonization

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The price of Mars colonization is equal to the price of first full self-replicating nanorobot. Anything before it is waste of resources. And such nanobot will likely be created by advance AI.

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