10 Reasons Colonizing Mars is a Bad Idea

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10. There May Be Life Beneath the Martian Surface
9. Terraforming Mars May Be Impossible
8. No Magnetosphere
7. Negative Effects of Low Martian Gravity on Humans
6. Harmful Radiation
5. Water Locked
4. Supplying Mars Colonists
3. Air Supply
2. Martian Regolith
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Source/Further reading:

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https://www.livescience.com/64318-mars-life-deep-biosphere.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI4k6jdqD0U&ab_channel=CNN
https://pixy.org/2768238/
https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/sorry-elon-musk-new-study-says-terraforming-mars-simply-impossible-ncna899021
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonization_of_Mars.jpg
https://medium.com/@duyenthuy30397/why-elon-musk-needs-10-000-nuclear-missiles-to-bomb-mars-3b38e3b85f5
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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/goddard/2018/mars-terraforming
https://www.sciencealert.com/terraforming-mars-into-blue-planet-might-just-be-sci-fi-dream-geoengineering-carbon-dioxide
https://www.nasa.gov/content/noachian-early-mars
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/245369-nasa-proposes-building-artificial-magnetic-field-restore-mars-atmosphere
https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-wants-to-launch-a-giant-magnetic-shield-to-make-mars-habitable
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Animation_of_InSight_trajectory.gif
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