[throw310822]

Yes indeed. But still, nobody is building residential neighborhoods on the top of the Everest or in the middle of Antarctica. Exploring for the sake of it is indeed a human instinct. The idea that we should build settlements for people who would live there permanently is plain silly. We have the obsession of repeating the Age of Discovery- but people should get the difference between discovering the Americas, with their wealth of plants, animals, land and waters, and settling a planet where there isn't a sign of life, not even air to breathe.

[aperrien]

> But still, nobody is building residential neighborhoods on the top of the Everest or in the middle of Antarctica

Nobody is permitted to build permanent habitats in either of those areas, even though they might be feasible.

[fwip]

And peoples.