Re:SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond ...
by pheldagryph on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @01:06AM
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> a permanently-in-orbit transfer vehicle might make sense here
Buzz Aldrin is a big proponent of this approach: https://buzzaldrin.com/space-vision/rocket_science/aldrin-ma...
In fact, a permanently-in-orbit transfer vehicle might make sense here; have this vehicle run the actual Earth<->Mars transfers, then just shuttle in fuel/supplies/crew on each Earth arrival.
Either way, a Falcon-like reusable launch system makes plenty of sense here in terms of making this sort of thing possible.