> why would an entrepreneur want to set up shop on Mars?
Brand new market, which means no competitors and high demand for everything. Kind of like how everything was way overpriced in Clondyke during the gold rush.
Brand new market, which means no competitors and high demand for everything. Kind of like how everything was way overpriced in Clondyke during the gold rush.
I guess if you could produce materials on mars it would be much easier to build and deploy gigant structures into space (lower gravity and escape velocity)
Mining is something that is always mentioned in scifi, but I am not sure how profitable it would be, I guess if propellant can be mined on mars it would be pretty doable.
Performing activities that would be environmental risks on earth would be relatively low risk on mars, due to the fact that it is already a wasteland.
Tourism would be a thing as well which would require many trades of comfort
The hard part would be missing the fresh air, green fields and blue skies of home. But, if there's an eco-catastrophe on Earth, there may be nothing to go home to.