Question Survey on Mars Colonization – Share Your Opinion!

[sapcesurvey]

Hello everyone,



I’m conducting a study on public perception of Mars colonization.

The goal is to better understand what people think about this ambitious project:

• Is it a great opportunity for humanity or just a utopian dream?

• What are the potential benefits and risks?

• Should we invest in this mission?



This quick survey (3 minutes) will help analyze general opinions on this fascinating topic.


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Your responses are anonymous and extremely valuable for this study. Thank you to everyone who participates! Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments and discuss the topic here.

 

[Ken Fabian]

Is this a private project? Who are you and what is it for?

You do know you will get a skewed result by asking Space.com forum readers? There are a lot more optimistic space dreamers and enthusiasts here (and at most science forums) than is normal. I am in the minority here for my pessimistic rain on the parade opinions about it.

 

[m4n8tpr8b]

While I have the same questions Ken Fabian has, there is also that some of your questions aren't nuanced enough.

On Mars colonisation, my answer would combine all of your choices with an additional temporal constraint: yes, definitely, but only after more urgent problems are solved here on Earth, and under the condition that there are clear rules & laws adopted & enforced at UN level, and there is a long preparation phase solving the dangers and addressing the required scale.

It is a weird question to ask which concerns are "problematic". There are SpaceX superfans who find concerns from other people and regulatory authorities problematic, but I don't think that's what you meant. Maybe you meant which concerns are the most pressing. But your list includes concerns which are fundamental, and concerns which should be addressed before anyone is launched and may or may not be solvable, and concerns that depend on time.

My honest answer to your last question is neither of the choices but "don't know", as it depends on many factors. Including whether my preference on your question on governments: private companies hell no, yes governments should be directly involved, not just with public funding but by enforcing laws, also to ensure human health & safety and no environmental damage from your previous question.

 

[Ken Fabian]

It is no easy thing to do surveys that are inclusive and representative of community wide opinions, without getting biased sampling. I am not interested in doing random (and not very well conceived) surveys by anonymous posters.

I do have thoughts and opinions about what we do in space, expressed across quite a few topics here (easy enough to find and to comment on), with nuances that a multiple choice questionaire is unlikely to capture. e.g. I don't think it is economically feasible AND I think it endangers those involved AND it distracts from problems on Earth... perhaps a ranked numbering of options across more questions, perhaps with more "strongly agree, mostly agree, mostly don't agree, strongly disagree" nuance for more of the questions.

I am actually inclined to argue that "colonisation" (as in like anything that has gone before here on Earth) does not describe what such a settlement would be doing. More like... an experiment in enclosed biospheres and 'techno-spheres' attempting self reliance, using live human subjects? A planned industrial economy built from zero in extreme conditions with limited resources and limited external supply and support or rescue options - to see if it can survive and persist?

 

[COLGeek]

Since the original poster has not responded in any way, we'll close this for now.