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A recent preprint paper examines the minimum number of people required to maintain a feasible settlement on Mars while accounting for psychological and behavioral factors, specifically in emergency situations. This study was conducted by a team of data scientists from George Mason University and holds the potential to help researchers better understand the appropriate conditions …

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[-] revs@feddit.uk 75 points 11 months ago

“In the end, they determined that a minimum colony population of 22 agents was ideal to maintain a feasible Mars mining colony over the long-term.”

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 11 months ago

Until one of them is The Thing.

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

I always confused "The Thing" with the character from Fantastic Four. And never understood why people were afraid of a rock person who shouts "It's clobbering time!"

[-] randomsnark@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

because they do not wish to be clobbered

[-] lath@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

You can get it down to 21 if you call Black Jack.

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