Why is Mars almost always presented as a militarist competitor to a lazy and corrupt Earth in sci-fi? Even in Star Trek its Mars that has all the shipyards.
You would think Martians would hold an more American pioneer spirit especially if they broke away from Earth control.
>planet named after war god
because Mars is the Roman god of war
Name thirteen flicks, five movies and one foreign kino where this actually happens.
>>63909490
Mars is a planet not a costume. This is NOT who I am, and this is NOT OKAY.
>>63909579
>kino
what's this new meme?
>>63909462
>Even in Star Trek its Mars that has all the shipyards.
It's because of the weaker gravity and thinner atmosphere ya dingus.
>>63910099
>new
Yeah, just like how 90s movies are "modern"
>>63910174
Why not the moon then
Or deep space
Significantly fewer resources, surface mobility, room for political dissension... resulting in a highly spartan, stoic, utilitarian lifestyle and mentality.
>>63910224
Because the moon and deep space don't have all the ingredients, man, you'll have to bring them from the planets which wastes the fuel you're saving in the first place.
>>63909462
In kim stanley robinsons mars series, he writes that mars is capable of unified government because it is a colony of earth, where earth is too difficult to unify because of historical geopolitical divisions
>hes unfamiliar with Red Mars
why do i keep coming back here during star wars week, really just asking for it at this point
>Haha Earthcucks we have the highest mountains and the most resources umad?
>mfw miner graduate 500k starting
>mars flag is some commie shit
uh, no
>>63910353
It also has a dick on it
>>63910224
The moon is too close to earth.
Its a literal satellite and if there was a lunar political state would be satellite to earth as well
>>63909462
>Even in Star Trek its Mars that has all the shipyards.
Mars's lower gravity (38% Earth's) makes it easier to get materials or completed starships from the surface of the planet into orbit. It's just a logistics issue.
>>63910195
then explain what it means, redditor
>mfw The Expanse is actually ok
