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Mercury Colonization
There is a good reason for colonizing another planet, which is to avoid extinction if the Earth is hit by a 10km or larger asteroid, as has happened many times in the Earth's history. Colonization of Mercury appears to be a very real and practical possibility, whereas colonization of Mars or the other planets, moons…
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- 232
- HN comments
- 164
- Submissions
- 2
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- 5 commenters
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2013 | Mercury Colonization by rosser | 232 | 125 |
| Jul 5, 2021 | A Mercury Colony? by drocer88 | 77 | 39 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 6 Hacker News comments by 5 different people, from Feb 2015 to Dec 2021.
Most recent:
- sitkack · Dec 27, 2021
- aaronblohowiak · May 11, 2021
- monkeypizza · Aug 22, 2020
- cookingrobot · Jun 28, 2019
- kqr2 · Nov 27, 2016
- monkeypizza · Feb 3, 2015
