Re:Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap to Mars
by celticninja on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @12:34PM
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Even short term there would be money to be made and with the option of return journeys it would be attractive to people. Young, single and childless will be their target at first. This means you generally have a healthier population so less stress on the medical resources and they have more disposable money to spend on expensive imported earth goods.
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Re:Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap to Mars
by T-A on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @02:31PM
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> Young, single and childless will be their target at first.
Given the cost per ticket (how many young people have a few spare $100k lying around?), the considerable risk of unscheduled rapid decommissioning and the guaranteed high level of radiation exposure (worse for longer expected remaining lifetime) I would look for older (50+) people without dependents.