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The difference between playing Mars, and real manned Mars
E.P. Grondine — (archived)

Since you've been so kind as to discuss NEOs for countless hours, I should at least take a few minutes to discuss manned Mars.

Private "Mars enthusiasts" can raise money to "play Mars". But real Mars requires both real rockets and real engineering, and both are fairly expensive.

Now if the "Mars enthusiasts" ever decide they want to play "real Mars" instead, then their best chance is a private sector long distance rover. The lowest cost for that right now is Russia, and I can set up the deal, for a really very small percentage of the say $27,000,000-$35,000,000-45,000,000 it will cost.

If you note the differences in the prices you can see that my services will be worth it, and since maybe a decommissioned military launcher could be had cheaper, any time you have serious money, give me a call and I'll pull out my rolodex.

ep

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