From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 2/20/2026 1:06 PM, Tony Nance wrote:   
   >   
   > An article I just ran across   
   > https://bigthink.com/books/science-fiction-mars/   
   >   
   > Titled   
   > "Science fiction blinded us to the perils of settling Mars"   
   >   
   > With an immediate by-line of:   
   > "Science fiction romanticized Mars as a place of adventure and future   
   > settlement; science tells a very different story."   
   >   
   > In which the author and his main source tell us that Science Fiction has   
   > Mars all wrong.   
   >   
   A lot of it isn't that "Science Fiction" got it wrong, it that the   
   reality is just too boring for a good story.   
      
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   I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky   
   dirty old man.   
      
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