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[Foreboding orchestral music]
[Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War]

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[Music]
[Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance (Land of Hope and Glory)]

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This is New Albion on Mars

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One thing that visibly differentiates people
at New Albion is their hairstyles.

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Colonists likely to wear a space suit either

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outside the colony or in unpressurised places
inside the colony keep their hair short.

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The simplest way to ensure hair doesn't
obscure vision, hearing, breathing or

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any other vital feature inside a
space suit is to trim it.

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The basic 'Mars Cut' is the bare minimum of
hair no longer than a few centimetres long

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all over, shorter at the nape and
around the ears, leaving no hair

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long enough to be trapped in a
neck or face seal.

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At a distance it looks like a bushy helmet.

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Shorter hairstyles such as crops, crew cuts,
and high-and-tight can be seen, but

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Mars Cut is common due to it being
the regulated minimum.

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A short hairstyle isn't compulsory
for colonists who

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don't routinely use pressure suits.

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In an emergency, those with up-to-date
pressure suit qualification are likely to

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get 'first refusal' on available suits.

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If pressure-seal-frustrating long hair
is important to you,

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airtight refuges are available, from which you
may be transported, if

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need be, in an airtight,
womb-like, emergency container.

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It's a straight choice between
shorter hair or The Sack.

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[Dissonant clashing orchestral music]
[Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War]

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[orchestral music continues]