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What would a Mars colony have to offer in the way of goods and services? In the past, colonies have been established for economic, faith and political reasons. I am concerned with the first and to a lesser extent the last. On the issue of the first, there will be no gold, beaver skins or crops to be exported to Earth, so the goods will have to be of a different sort. Tourism might be a major player on Mars after the colony matures, but IMO, the number of people who would be willing to spend years of their life in transit and on Mars, and have the wealth to afford it, would not be large enough to support a large tourism scene. The biggest economic boon, at least at first, would be entertainment. The whole colonization project could be streamed live*, or scripted to and turned into a reality tv show (I would hate to see the crowning achievement of our species be lowered to that level). Of course, after the first few years the novelty and awe would wear off and the money flow would start to wane. These are just my initial thoughts, and I look forward to seeing yours. *At least as live as one can get with the time delay. -
A couple of news feed today are chattering about a amourphous sulfer compound that can be made on mars that can concretize within 2 hours, strength is not the issue however, its not resilient to heat much above the boiling point of water. we could see future martains out pouring red mud into rectangular forms and then assembling what look to be brick houses. I dont see the utility here because if you want to really build you need to reinforce with tensil strength bar of some sort, and you also cant use this stuff as a pressure hull, so ........... http://www.cnet.com/news/concrete-for-mars-shelters-made-from-martian-materials/ Two reasons for shelter, live and grow stuff. One minimally needs to be a pressure hull, the other the same but would preferably have a translucent ceiling.
