If you had such a character, you would never be able to live on Mars.

We have not yet built the first colonies on the moon and are already thinking about Mars colonies. This is how we humans tend to sell bearskins before hunting them. For this reason, while India begins to inspect the south pole of the moon, and the Artemis program takes the first steps to return astronauts to the moon, a group of computer scientists conducted simulations aimed at testing what the moon would be like. perfect settlement on the red planet.

This is not the first time such an analysis has been carried out. Already in 2000, a study was published in which it was concluded that for the functioning of a colony on Mars, it is necessary to work on it. about 110 people. Based on this study, but with some variations, the scientists created a simulation similar to a video game, in which the results are completely different.

And that’s what’s for them 22 people will be enough. This is so because, unlike the 2000 study, they include the possibility resupply from earth. Thus, to deliver them directly to the Martian colony, fewer people would be required. These all seem to be advantages, but one thing should be crystal clear: this study has not yet been peer-reviewed. Therefore, the results should be treated with caution.

The perfect simulation of a colony on Mars

This simulation analyzes how life will develop in a colony on Mars during 28 years.

Several factors are taken into account. First, the colony will already be built when its inhabitants arrive, so it doesn’t start from scratch. On the other hand, there is the possibility of obtaining water, food, energy and breathable air directly there. Although, as we have seen, some foodstuffs are periodically brought from Earth.

The modeling took into account the different roles that every member of the martian colony, as well as their personalities and the relationships they may have with each other. Possible causes of death were also presented, both as a result of illness and as a result of an accident. For this reason, a life bar was placed on them that could decrease as conditions changed, until ending in their death. Just like in a video game.

Thus, it was concluded that with only 22 people, the colony can already function. This is much less than was calculated in another study, although at that time it was revised, but in this one it is still will have to wait.

The least adapted inhabitants for life on the Red Planet

This study also takes into account possible Character traits inhabitants of a colony on Mars. Thus, their interactions with other people and the environment can change, even changing their life scale.

It was found that, oddly enough, colonists were most likely to die in people with neurotic traits. Although the term is often used in a much broader and pejorative sense, it refers to people with a predisposition to experience negative emotions such as anger, fear or shameand with such a low tolerance for disappointment that they often act very impulsively.

If this study is confirmed, it may be necessary to take its results into account in the future in order to select martian colonists. After all, both for creating colonies on Mars and for placing them on the Moon, the psychological analysis of candidates will be a very important factor. Not only because of the possibility of their neurotic traits, but also because of the stress of being in a place so far from the known world, and in some cases without the possibility of returning back. In fact, this is already being studied through simulations conducted directly on Earth, in Martian counterparts, with real people. Based on this, there will probably be many more people who will not be able (or will not want) to make such a sacrifice.