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Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by davedx on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @05:55AM (#38261684)
> An offworld base would need the financial backing of nation states.

It really depends on what we mean by "offworld base". There is extensive literature on how this might be done "on a shoestring budget". Start here: https://www.marssociety.org/concepts/mars-direct/

Re:Starship will attempt a launch this weekend by tim333 on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @09:53AM (#38263963)
You could cut costs a lot if you used robots rather than humans to build things. I'm not sure how the Tesla bot is coming along but you never know.