Should humanity build permanent settlements on Mars within the next 50 years?
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Context
Private spaceflight and national programs are working toward Mars missions; costs would run into the trillions. Supporters see a survival insurance for the species and technology leaps — critics an expensive escape from solvable earthly problems.
Real-world source
United Nations · 1/27/1967
Outer Space Treaty — legal framework for the use and settlement of celestial bodies ↗
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