"Belt to the inner solar system is just as energy-expensive–you have to slow down when you get home."
This part is not true because you can use aero-capture.
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- Mars; here we come.
- A long way to go but I'm glad it's his mission
- Apollo cost $100G in today's dollars.
- Colonization ain't gonna happen.
- It's not impossible, just unprofitable.
- So what's wrong with constant resupply from a home base?
- The tensions facing this Earth and species won't allow those expenditures.
- You need a reason to go there.
- Good point.
- So what's wrong with constant resupply from a home base?
- It's not impossible, just unprofitable.
- Colonization ain't gonna happen.
- Apollo cost $100G in today's dollars.
- A long way to go but I'm glad it's his mission