Mars is the hip place to imagine people colonizing . The problem is very little water . Trade with Europe could solve that problem . ( Also split up that water to liberate oxygen into that very thin atmosphere)
Trade with Europa. Trade with Europe would be something else.
Mars is the hip place to imagine people colonizing
It ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids.
Mars has plenty of water it’s frozen in it’s crust.
Mars also has the only atmosphere humans could live in with just oxygen tanks and co2 scrubbers. It’s pressure is high enough humans don’t need full pressure suits at low elevations in Mars gravity field. Pure O2 at Mars pressure is just enough to breathe in. Think a haz mat suit vs a full space suit.
https://www.planetary.org/articles/mars-may-host-oceans-worth-of-water-deep-underground
Send the California Water Czar to fix that little problem.