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Re:Colonizing Mars: A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary ... by T-A on Saturday October 22, 2016 @01:41PM (#12769659)
For Mars? I doubt it: "It’s important to say that the idea of Mars as a lifeboat is wrong, in both a practical and a moral sense." ... "My feeling now is that faced with the extreme expense, technical challenge, and danger of going to Mars, interest is going to shift to the moon as a destination that can actually be reached and occupied during some of our lifetimes."

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-17/why-elon-m...

Re:Colonizing Mars: A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary ... by snrplfth on Saturday October 22, 2016 @07:00PM (#12770960)
Ah, Kim Stanley Robinson. Smart guy. If only he understood any economics, at all.
Re:Colonizing Mars: A Critique of the SpaceX Interplanetary ... by 100ideas on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @04:12AM (#12794772)
Hydrazine is the new gold standard.