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Why colonize Mars and not the Moon?
I watched the 6-episode series called Mars this week. Elon Musk kept emphasizing that humans must spread out to at least one other planet to ensure human survival in the event of some extinction event on Earth. Wouldn't colonization of the Moon achieve the same purpose? Seems like that would be a more viable option.
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