The first world that humans should inhabit beyond the Earth is the Moon, not Mars. Here’s how to terraform our lunar neighbor.
The first world that humans should inhabit beyond the Earth is the Moon, not Mars. Here’s how to terraform our lunar neighbor.
It’s nothing at all like that. The moon is 384 megameters away. Mars is 54000 to 150000 megameters away, depending on orbits.
So it would be like 384 meters vs 54-150 kilometers.
Escaping the gravity well on the moon is also much cheaper.
[In terms of infrastructure and accessibility, it’s really no contest. The Moon is closer, always has a view of Earth, can exchange signals and deliverables hundreds of times more quickly than can be exchanged between Earth and Mars, and is easier to land on and take off from. Certain infrastructure could be easily shared between the Earth and the Moon, such as the internet, whereas Mars would likely, due to its remote nature, need its own standalone infrastructure.]