Elon Musk, Trips To Mars, And A Mars Colony

I ' ve previously argued that going to Mars and trying to live there is a dumb idea for the foreseeable future. Notwithstanding assorted recent comments by Elon Musk this is still true. The best treatment of Musk ' s proposal for a big trip to Mars comes from The Martian science fiction author Andy Weir in his comments to Ars Technica. I think Weir went too easy the obviously ridiculous low cost estimates made by Musk and didn ' t address many of the problems with a Mars colony. But he makes excellent points. Read the article if you are interested. I like Weir ' s point that solar panels weigh too much to cart all the way to Mars. Better to take a nuclear reactor. I ' ve...
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