But if you want to colonize a dead world, colonize the moon. It’s much more feasible. It’s sheer fantasy to think that Mars is more hospitable than the moon. It’s not.
Planets attract catastrophic impacts, impede interplanetary travel, and ultimately will doom the inhabitants. Asteroids, however, provide greater overall habitable space while minimizing the risks of catastrophic impacts for the whole of the populace. The asteroids can be moved to safety as the Sun enters its destructive giant stage. Mars is destined to continue to lose its atmosphere, even if it were to be Terraformed.
Seems to me those incredible telescopes would
be better served by being placed on the moon.
It is our next stop, why not go there? Live there?
I guess I’m just a product of the 60s.