Lee DunaSimulations suggest only 22 people are required to start a colony on Mars
ApeNo1Was this simulation just based on population growth or did it also take into account genetic variation which I believe is also critical for certain aspects of a species survival?
WtfEvenIsExistence2️Must keep the bloodline pure
Dharma CuriousOnly the purest bloodlines. Bloodlines so pure that they couldn’t find a spec of unpure blood in Uncle Daddy during his last battery of genetic testing to determine why we all have blue skin and an allergy to calcium.
You could have read the article. It’s based on technical skills, social situations. Not long term population growth.
For me it is the terminology. I thought colonisation was the long term goal of staying more permanently vs a mission which is for a finite period such as this simulation. Had not seen the 28 year limit which makes it more a mission than colonisation. Happy to be corrected.
yeah, but then the headline would not be so clickbaity and attracted less clicks than this “new alabama” suggestion. what are you not getting there? it wasn’t mistake 😂
None of the above. New colonists were randomly generated by the environment.
Cloudless ☼“New Alabama”
elouboubSpace hicks
Space banjo!
In space, no one can hear you fuck your cousin.
Ben Evans@throws_lemy Can we vote on which 22 get sent? I have some ideas.
Ok. Fine. I’ll go.
raccoona_nongrataTwist my arm why don’t ya
remoteloveI hope y’all like rocks. Lots and lots of rocks.
GeekFTWThey're minerals, Marie!
kratoz29I understood that reference.
What if Elon is coming with you and is declared supreme leader of Mars?
Th4tGuyIIIf he wants to be supreme leader of Mars, he can be so... outside the colony station... without a space suit.
He goes in the other rocket. The one going to the Sun.
skele_tronElon wants to charge people for air they breathe, where did i hear that one?
They can pay in rocks.
I was kinda shooting for Total Recall movie ( old one atleast )
DeceptichumWe simply kill the king.
If they take along artificial wombs and artificial seeders, wouldn't it be able to thrive with even fewer people? I assume this is based on natural procreation, not artificial...
If those fewer people are specialists in 3 different fields each and are fine with working 16 hour days, then yes.
fiahwell it’s not as if there’s much else to do on mars
You really shouldn’t work more than 6 hours a day when every single little mistake you make on any mundane task could literally kill everyone.
good point
_galactosePrefer somewhere warmer and more tropical, like Antarctica.
The equator on Mars is significantly warmer than Antarctica.
used data from past endeavors, such as questionnaires filled out by groups aboard the International Space Station or those living in close quarters in the Arctic for months at a time. They also attempted to factor in known character traits such as resilience to stress, social skills and degree of neuroticism.
Wat? Is this a probilistic study on psychological issues? Did they just put a bunch of traits in Rimworld and see who would break?
I mean. … That’s been well known for decades? Here’s an excerpt from The Matrix:
The Architect : The function of the One is now to return to the source, allowing a temporary dissemination of the code you carry, reinserting the prime program. After which you will be required to select from the matrix 23 individuals, 16 female, 7 male, to rebuild Zion. Failure to comply with this process will result in a cataclysmic system crash killing everyone connected to the matrix, which coupled with the extermination of Zion will ultimately result in the extinction of the entire human race.
RentlarI can’t help but imagine the university took the “how many engineers, managers, etc. does it take to change a lightbulb” joke and turned it into a practical computer science problem for space colonization.
That’s a cool simulation tool and research like this will definitely help accelerate technology for habitating Mars.