Colonizing Mars: A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System

Re:Colonizing Mars: A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary ... by marze on Friday October 21, 2016 @10:33PM (#12766761)

You need to think of it as a retirement community for well-to-do individuals with a desire for above average adventure. There are a lot of high net worth individuals on this planet.

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Re:Colonizing Mars: A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary ... by ufmace on Saturday October 22, 2016 @12:31PM (#12769323)

And how many of them are seriously interested in going to Mars as early colonists? Maybe a handful at most. Consider how they got to be high net worth in the first place. A lot of work, a lot of risk. What for? I'd say for status and luxury. Things that they will lose if they go to Mars - living in cramped pressurized stations with a few dozen other colonists.

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Re:Colonizing Mars: A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary ... by nabla9 on Friday October 21, 2016 @10:36PM (#12766777)

That's not the colonization that people talk about.

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Re:Colonizing Mars: A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary ... by spullara on Friday October 21, 2016 @10:38PM (#12766782)

You're right. The real colonists are their children.

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Re:Colonizing Mars: A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary ... by marze on Friday October 21, 2016 @11:28PM (#12766976)

How not?

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