Originally Posted by Luigi
Probably better in your Mars thread, but have sociologists studied the likely social scenarios of say, the first 100 years of colonization? After the initial elation the reality for a large number of people, pretty much stuck on a barren, inhospitable, hinterland can't really be a pleasant one. Not to start on how they'll govern themselves etc. You would imagine the likely hood for some/many to go tropo/postal would be high. Has there been in depth studies of it released?