A team of computational social scientists at George Mason University has found via simulations that 22 people is the minimum number needed to start a human colony on Mars. The group has posted a paper describing their simulation on the arXiv preprint server.
Oh lol, we mutually misunderstood XD My rimworld is definitely heavily modded, tho I haven’t touched it in forever since I run it on a potato and need to re-do my mods entirely.