...how long do you think it would be before it got old and boring?
I think I'd want to go see Olympus Mons but after that I'd be ready to go home.
If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed. If you do...you are misinformed---Mark Twain
I think I'd want to go see Olympus Mons but after that I'd be ready to go home.
If a side of Olympus Mons reveals Martian geological epochs, one would regret not having enough years in one's lifetime to study such a trough of recordings.
Also, having a base where comforts of home are replicated to a degree will minimize the longing for home.
And, of course, there is the financial incentives. One year of mining, barring corporate malfeasance, can net a worker a retirement, a golden parachute and a life of Riley thereafter.
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Est modus in rebus sunt certi denique fines quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum Goldilocks
Have you ever lived somewhere where all there is on the ground in the winter is snow? After awhile it gets really depressing. Nothing but white. I think the same would happen with everything being red. No matter how interesting the terrain is.
If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed. If you do...you are misinformed---Mark Twain
From a distance ... sure, everything looks red on Mars.
From far above Earth, the planet is nothing but a blue dot. Yet, on the surface, the diversity and variety are mind-boggling.
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Est modus in rebus sunt certi denique fines quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum Goldilocks
When I was in the military, I wanted to see Europe so I volunteered for overseas duty. I got stationed in Spain for three years. After three weeks of seeing what it was about, I was ready to come home but had to put in my time.
shareI've heard of people stationed in Japan and get so tired of all the people looking the same that they can hardly take it.
If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed. If you do...you are misinformed---Mark Twain
You seemed fixated on the visual. Anywhere on Earth, there are history, architecture, culture and customs that are uniquely local, and cannot be experienced back home.
Obviously, Mars can't present any culture or customs. But the landscape provides a record of its history, and plenty of data for planetary and surface physics.
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Est modus in rebus sunt certi denique fines quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum Goldilocks
Wouldnt that depend upon living conditions ?
If they would be good, I wouldnt see a need to get back to earth, ever.
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I worked in Spain for six months, and at the end I didn't want to leave!
How could you ever be bored in Spain, with all that fabulous architecture, art, history and - best of all - people who party from midnight until six in the morning? The food is pretty good too!
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