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To: LindyBill who wrote (24427)1/15/2004 2:59:12 AM
From: D. Long  Respond to of 793731
 
Azimov gets the big nods, but I think Bradbury was the better author and thinker. I always thought Azimov was unreadable rubbish.

One of the reasons the NASA model plan for Mars was costed out at 400 or 500 bills was because it was a "Battlestar Galactica" plan. Build a gigantic mothership in LEO with enough fuel to power it out of LEO into a long Mars trajectory, put the ship into orbit, and return to Earth. Holy money cow.

One of the things NASA adopted from Zubrin's Mars Direct plan was in situ fuel production on Mars. Only have to carry fuel to get there, and you send the reactor and the fuel generation equipment ahead of the astronauts. No Battlestar Galactica required. So in some respects, it is a "one way mission."

Derek



To: LindyBill who wrote (24427)1/15/2004 5:53:51 AM
From: frankw1900  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793731
 
I still can't figure out why the moon isn't at the top of the space colonization priorities.

Lots of energy and raw materials. A place where one can do industry and science and build machines for getting to the rest of the solar system.

I think all of NASA, including primary planning, should be contracted and sub contracted out. Get space commercialized as fast as possible.


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