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What’s the Bare Minimum Number of People for a Mars Habitat? (www.universetoday.com)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A recent preprint paper examines the minimum number of people required to maintain a feasible settlement on Mars while accounting for psychological and behavioral factors, specifically in emergency situations. This study was conducted by a team of data scientists from George Mason University and holds the potential to help researchers better understand the appropriate conditions …

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[–] revs 76 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“In the end, they determined that a minimum colony population of 22 agents was ideal to maintain a feasible Mars mining colony over the long-term.”

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Until one of them is The Thing.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I always confused "The Thing" with the character from Fantastic Four. And never understood why people were afraid of a rock person who shouts "It's clobbering time!"

[–] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

because they do not wish to be clobbered

[–] lath@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

You can get it down to 21 if you call Black Jack.