To create a small Mars colony, leave the jerks on Earth

Image caption: Cooperative personalities will go a long way to a sustainable community on the Red Planet. NASA. Article by Jon Kelvey. Popular Science – August 25, 2023.

When it comes to building a sustainable settlement on Mars, the technological and engineering challenges are steep. But they take a back seat to the Human Resources department. Forget sophisticated vehicles or sensitive instrumentation—the most temperamental, fragile things we send to the Red Planet will be humans. […]

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