Re:Elon Musk Publishes Plans for Colonizing Mars
by LeifCarrotson on Friday June 16, 2017 @01:32PM
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As Musk's plans describe, the problem is that today that intersection is nonexistent. It's perhaps on the order of $10 billion dollars per person, with a minimum flight of 10-20 people all paying that.
But it doesn't need to be a loss leader. If that cost was reduced by some 5 orders of magnitude, more people could afford it, and that intersection could grow enough to be viable.
The human race needs a loss-leader.