Re:SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
by mrcorona on Sunday May 31, 2020 @08:08AM
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During much of the Earth exploration phase destinations in Asia had more food and money than Europe (also easier to survive a winter)... I don't see this ever being the case with Mars.
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Re:SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
by Kim_Bruning on Monday June 01, 2020 @09:12PM
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It's cheaper to ship materials to Low Earth Orbit from Mars, than it is to ship those same materials from earth. Can you imagine our current space industry (worth billions of dollars) could be operated from Mars? If there was a settlement on Mars, they could do it for approximately 2/3 of the (fuel) cost of doing it from Earth.
Of course, an industry established at a moon settlement could do it for even less. :-P (1/4)