Design of a rapid transit to Mars mission using laser-thermal propulsion

Re:Design of a rapid transit to Mars mission using laser-the... by ceejayoz on Thursday February 17, 2022 @11:30AM (#30374951)

Sure. It's easier to build in North Dakota than it is in the Swiss Alps, too, but people do that in part because they like the Alps.

There are going to be people for whom the idea of a frontier life in a place of natural, untouched beauty appeals. We've always had those folks. Some of them find life is harder than they expected; some thrive.

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Re:Design of a rapid transit to Mars mission using laser-the... by maxerickson on Thursday February 17, 2022 @11:58AM (#30375427)

There has always been new opportunity at frontiers.

Mars is just harsher than anywhere on earth. There's less of everything other than space and harmful radiation (and you sort of have to make the space that you want/need when you get there...)

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