cross-posted from: https://retrofed.com/c/[email protected]/p/2414142/if-you-could-visit-any-celestial-body-outside-of-earth-which-would-it-be
Assuming you are properly equipped to handle the extreme conditions of space, of course. Does not have to be a planet, or even in the Solar System. Any planet, moon, asteroid, star, or other celestial body is available in this hypothetical!


This says nothing about colonization – only about crewed NASA missions. And:
It was a pie-in-the-sky concept used as an engineering challenge.
We prioritize Mars even though it’s farther than Venus and has lower gravity because you want to colonize the surface.