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Re:Would von Braun's Mars Landers Have Worked? by Fred34 on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @01:55AM (#39450868)
Within the decade? I wish I was that optimistic. There are only so many windows in the next decade where it's economical to send/receive rockets to mars. The planets have to literally align for it can be economical to send/receive people.

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/close-and-far-mart...

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Re:Would von Braun's Mars Landers Have Worked? by ben_w on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @04:08AM (#39451656)
I'd say 50/50 on the launch (but not landing on Mars let alone returning to Earth) of a manned Mars mission this decade; Musk is famously over-optimistic, but his companies do tend to actually arrive at the destination.
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Re:Would von Braun's Mars Landers Have Worked? by Fred34 on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @05:09AM (#39452022)
Yea that sounds about right.
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