• Question: Will we ever colonise other planets in our system? Will we ever find a new system?

    Asked by anon-197935 to Matthew, Atreya, Rosanna on 7 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by anon-197263.
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      Matthew Selwood answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      This isn’t really my area, perhaps ask Rosanna? Although it is very Sci-Fi, I am not sure we will ever colonise Mars. It is too hostile, and wouldn’t be particularly self sufficient. We have already identified some other systems we think could sustain life, but we can’t exactly get to them! Perhaps after some advancements in rocketry it will be more viable.

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