Science fiction taught us that Mars cities are inevitable. That we will sooner or later have those cool looking glass domes with spaceports and stuff. But the world is a cruel place and reality is unforgivable. So, how will a realistic Mars habitat of the future will look like? Discussing it with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith.

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• 00:00:00 Intro

• 00:01:10 Space sucks. The Reality of living in space

• 00:09:35 Why go to space

• 00:22:28 Minimum size of the population

• 00:30:30 Fascination with the apocalypse

• 00:33:51 Simulating Mars missions

• 00:38:12 Childbirth is space

• 00:40:24 Technological progress

• 00:44:32 Economical growth

• 01:01:38 Current obsessions

• 01:05:21 More thoughts and more interviews

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