RE: Lunar Colony

2004-01-18 Thread Tyler Durden
Interesting OpEd piece in the NYT today pointing out that a manned Mars expedition becomes *much* more affordable if no return trip is planned. This is not a suicide mission; supplies could be sent for rest of the emigrants natural lives, Gotcha. The obvious next place for a greatly expanded C

Re: Lunar Colony

2004-01-18 Thread Sarad AV
Setting up a base at mars is not a bad idea. Building a nuclear war head is a costly affair and no one complains about it,when u never know who will strike and where it will strike. So,spending billions of dollars for a mar mission is certainly not a problem.you never know when it might come in ha

Re: Lunar Colony

2004-01-18 Thread John Kelsey
At 05:28 PM 1/15/04 -0600, bgt wrote: .. I had wondered how long it would take for the inevitable U.S. announcement of a renewed push for lunar and mars colonization after the Chinese announced their plans to colonize and mine the moon awhile ago. Well, we needed to find someplace even more remote,

RE: Lunar Colony

2004-01-18 Thread John Kelsey
At 04:39 PM 1/15/04 -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: .. Interesting OpEd piece in the NYT today pointing out that a manned Mars expedition becomes *much* more affordable if no return trip is planned. This is not a suicide mission; supplies could be sent for rest of the emigrants natural lives, and with th

Re: Lunar Colony

2004-01-18 Thread Justin
John Kelsey (2004-01-17 02:20Z) wrote: > At 04:39 PM 1/15/04 -0500, Trei, Peter wrote: > ... > >Interesting OpEd piece in the NYT today pointing out that > >a manned Mars expedition becomes *much* more affordable if > >no return trip is planned. This is not a suicide mission; > >supplies could be