# Antarctic colony

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 5, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antarctic-colony/1011204 "2024-12-05T15:53:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antarctic-colony/1011204/78 "2024-12-11T04:11:54Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> As long as the ice mining machines don’t break down. Nor the electrolysis machines. Nor do the people who’re trained in their repair breaking down with appendicitis, gizzard cancer, or broken legs after a fall off the mining machinery.

I know you don’t watch much TV, but you might (somewhat) appreciate _For All Mankind_, an alternate history of the space race starting in a slightly different 1969 and moving forward a few decades. Where if there is a stupid way to screw up and get people killed, they are always sure to find it.

> [@For All Mankind (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-mankind-spoilers/842999):
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> Anyone watching? On the new Apple platform. Fictional drama about the Apollo program, but with a twist.

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