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longship

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2. I predict quick death, or cannibalism.

Reply to Blue_Tires (Original post)

Wed Dec 11, 2013, 10:44 AM

Dec 2013

No food, little oxygen, very little water (none easily obtainable), cold as hell. Why would anybody expect to be able to have anything like a life there? When life support systems inevitably break down they'll all be dead. Not my idea of a good adventure.

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Mars Colonization: 200,000 People Apply To Live On Red Planet [View all] Blue_Tires Dec 2013 OP

Beam me up Skink Dec 2013 #1

I predict quick death, or cannibalism. longship Dec 2013 #2

There wouldn't be much to do the first 2-3 years other than scientific research Blue_Tires Dec 2013 #3

They need a space elevator for this sort of thing. Dash87 Dec 2013 #6

Good ol' Riddick. ;-) longship Dec 2013 #7

They plan on blowing up the Earth meow2u3 Dec 2013 #4

I hope most of them are tea party idiots bigdarryl Dec 2013 #5