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Originally Posted by Angakuk
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A lot of early pioneers went off to unknown lands to never return to their hometowns*. Most of those unknown lands were not nearly as hostile to life as Mars. Some of them weren't much better though.
*My great-great grandfather emigrated to Kansas from Missouri in the 1880s, never to return for a visit. However, he did receive and send mail back home, mail quite a bit slower than a Martian email.