Cross-posted from "who bunks the bunkermen" by @Deceptichum@quokk.au in !mop@quokk.au
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2026
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No one is leaving to live on Mars during our lifetimes. And the first people there are guaranteed to be workers, not billionaires.
I was thinking robots to build/assemble the stuff, but I'm pretty sure it won't be workers. I can see them offering pardons for condemned criminals (i.e. inmates... possibly also immigrants... maybe some Democrats) to go and do some of the work. But by the time we can get people to Mars, we'll have advanced robotics enough that the humans won't really be "working."
The big hurdle now is how long it takes to get there and maintaining communication with Earth. I think our fastest shuttles/rockets can get to Mars in a couple years? So you'd need to send people, with enough supplies to make the trip, and enough materials to build sustainable habitats. So I really do think the first couple will be unmanned. They'll send robots to assemble the stuff. Then they'll test it remotely, and they'll send people with plants and whatnot.
Anyway, it's all a pipe dream right now in 2026. Keep in mind Fallout's world isn't ours. They were 52 years ahead of us (2077, IIRC) when they nuked each other. And they were using nuclear power to power all kinds of things, and had robot servants for home use and for military. I don't know, and I don't think we know, how far they got as far as space travel, but that was their plan. We are on a different (and not fictional) timeline, so we will have our own hurdles to get over before it could be real. But that's what I think Elon Musk's interest in Mars/space travel is all about.
Define "live". I wouldn't be surprised if we sent a handful of people at a time for one-way trips in the medium future.
there's a chance the american empire doesn't even last beyond the next decade, we ain't sending nobody to mars.
In that case perhaps we'll advance to a better economic system that explores space without the need for profit.