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by 1659447091 465 days ago
The astronauts for ISS have many months (years?) of specialized training for the mission, including how to handle the environment for their time there, as far as I understand. They are not going to colonize space.

Colonizing Mars means a lot less training -if any- for many more people, and not being able to train(properly mentally prepare for the hardships and emergencies that could be encountered) for a permanent/long-term move to an inhospitable environment that will not allow groups or individuals involved in irreconcilable differences/hostilities to easily migrate to an area with life sustaining resources or count on rescue. It's not a stretch to think if there are issues with a couple critical consecutive re-supply missions(or even if there are no issues) it could easliy get very Lord of the Flies-ish.