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[nknight]

The first few times, sure. But we're past that now.

Anywhere from 1000-5000 people reside on Antarctica at any given time. No more than a handful die in any given year.

[ktizo → nknight]

Sitting inside a research facility is not the same as exploration though.

[nknight → ktizo]

What exploration? The context of this thread is commercial exploitation of a resource. This isn't a search for knowledge. You're caught up in the romanticism of space.

[ktizo → nknight]

Commercial exploitation of a resource we haven't been to yet would seem to include some level of exploration.