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Some possible problems that could happen in a future timeline and if our world's clownish politics continue and get exported to Mars.
During a Communications disruption there has been series of failure on Mars, some colonies on Mars are getting old are suffering fatigue and failures are becoming more common.
its possible the Bridge can be saved
its also possible eggs buried at the farm and seeds and subsurface water and machinery can be recovered and reused
there is a large but useful robot vehicle stuck in the rift, crevasse, valley which could be moved and repaired or recycled.
There is talk of a Solar Flare which caused robots to fail, other social media gossip says sabotage or space pirates or space-religion-fanatics or space-commies or neo-space-nazi other conspiracy, other people say the colonies have always been on the edge and are simply starved of investment, one scientist talks about a quake.
a Mars farming structure has almost totally failed and a bridge across some kind of crevasse or rift has failed but with no loss of life...however both structure made life comfortable for colonists. The farmed goods and chemistry from the Biosphere provided luxury goods, the bridge opened Robotic Three-wheeler Bike-Rover, Train and Trucker routes with access to trade with other colonies and cheap goods.
The colony will start suffering it can survive but life will be very difficult
a political problem is the colony has been recently rioting and voted for independence
There might be all kinds of political debates and opinions broadcast
its possible there might even be cold-hearted views or sociopathic political manipulation from leaders with strange views on morality
1Send in the Military or SpaceForces, we could have people there and we have no time for politics and debate its an 'Emergency' anyone complaining send a drill sergeant to scream at them 'Suck It Up Soldiers!' its for their own good, UN Army engineers, Space Force engineers, Earth Army are trained for this stuff.
2Allow the Private Sector to Bid on Repair...but only allow companies from allies or nations who signed up with Gateway/Artemis for example Bahrain, Romania, Nigeria, Arab Emirates, Isle of Man, USA, Ecuador, Bulgaria, Angola, South Korea...for the moment the South Africa, Vietnam, India, Russia, Brazil and China colonies on Mars are banned! We made great political investments to colonize Mars and the investment must be secured.
3Let the Mars locals figure it out, they are on their own and have the freedom to figure it out...give help to areas in need of medical supply and immediate emergency but only land people to help if requested. Support individualism, libertarianism and free capitalism even crony capitalism, this is not a monopoly nor is it anarchism a Laissez-faire economic system with Mars Oligarchy can work.
4Mars locals voted for this. The local Mayor could be a Fascist or Communist and got himself or herself into this mess by voting against our values
5The Mars Federal Government, the Mars Socialists and Mars Monarchy Town can figure it out and award Salvage and Repair Contract to their own corrupt builders.
6Follow guidelines set by the Space Treaty, Moon Agreement and legal Mars framework on international and solar system Martian law to the letter.
7Keep people from the Asteroid Belt, Venus, Europa and Titan away I hear they are trouble and might even be communists, rightwingers or terrorists.
8We do not rule Mars, it sounds like a Mars Department of Transportation issue, Secretary of Interior, Mars Secretary of Transport, Mars Farm Climate Advisor, Office of Technology, Martian Environmental Quality, Secretary of Business, Mars Ambassador to Earth issue.
9Relay communication to the Orbiting Stations at the Moons and Mars Lagrange points to give assistance, it could make Earth look bad but take political credit for assistance, if other nations want to assist us save our people which might be on the Mars site politely say 'Thanks but No Thanks'
10Post a social media meme, allow the public to put it to a vote, the result will be funded by Marscoin and Dogecoin and other crypto
11Salvage Firms on the Moon can do this, it can be good for local Lunar Elections
12There is a ruthless guy on-site at Mars, he's been a firefighter a pilot a construction worker he did security for a time and was a farmer but almost like a dictator at times and he will cost us political votes and employs a lot of cyborgs and humanoids but can usually always get the job done.
13Let the Martian local port Governor and Mars Mayor go on podium and debate it out, which ever person wins the debate invite them to the UN on Earth take press photos and secretly give them cash to win contracts or Mars influence.
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The recent (March of 2024) collapse of a bridge in the Eastern US may have been the stimulus for this exercise in creative imagination.
One result of the introduction of this new topic is the recognition of the obvious lack of provision for emergency services in My Hacienda, which is an ongoing attempt to anticipate the needs of a population that might come into existence on Mars in coming years.
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