L4sBotMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agoA Mars Colony Needs Just 22 People to Survive, Simulation Suggestswww.extremetech.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down15file-text
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minus-square@rarlinkEnglish8•10 months agoI remember reading somewhere it was around 500-1000 for a sustainable human colony to begin. Did we get better at avoiding Hapsburg Jaws?
minus-square@Genrawir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish12•10 months agoI was wondering the same thing before reading the article. This is for a 28 year mission, and doesn’t include setting up the base, or power and water supply.
minus-square@scarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoIf it’s basic generic viability I’ve always heard 30-60 though I couldn’t name a source for that.
minus-square@afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoI think that number comes from long term genetic diversity issues. Some rule in biology about inbreeding depression came up with it
I remember reading somewhere it was around 500-1000 for a sustainable human colony to begin. Did we get better at avoiding Hapsburg Jaws?
I was wondering the same thing before reading the article. This is for a 28 year mission, and doesn’t include setting up the base, or power and water supply.
If it’s basic generic viability I’ve always heard 30-60 though I couldn’t name a source for that.
I think that number comes from long term genetic diversity issues. Some rule in biology about inbreeding depression came up with it