One-Way Trip to Mars Offered by Dutch Company

I agree.

In a message dated 3/31/2013 6:59:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
alglobus@... writes:

On Mar 31, 2013, at 2:21 PM, Schonert Edward wrote:

>
> PEOPLE !!!!! Just check Robert Zubrin's book "The Case For Mars" for
> details on the tragedy of why we didn't do this in
1990's.
> Our NASA "experts" blew many times what it would have cost with
> their space shuttle & ISS projects never sending anyone above LEO.
>

Let me remind you of what happened after landing men on the Moon. The
project was cancelled and the hardware is now museum pieces. If we spent a
boatload of money to land men on Mars, what reason is there to expect a
different outcome?

The key to large scale space development is to deliver products and
services to paying customers, almost all of whom are on the ground. This is why
the communication sat business is thriving and spends a lot more on space
development than NASA.

We need to develop new space industries with the potential for substantial
growth leading to development of the technology and infrastructure needed
for space settlement -- particularly cheap launch, which requires high
volume. Space tourism and space solar power fit the bill. If you can think of
anything else capable, if all goes very well, of providing a market in the
10,000s of launches per year range, please let me know.

For details on this approach, see
http://alglobus.net/NASAwork/papers/NSSJOURNAL_PathsToSpaceSettlement_2012.pdf

>
> Halalujia praise the Mars Society, Ed S.
>
> From: Victor Smith
> To: spacesettlers
> Cc: Space_is_the_Answer@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 10:51 AM
> Subject: [spacesettlers] One-Way Trip to Mars Offered by Dutch Company
>
> One-Way Trip to Mars Offered by Dutch Company
>
> A Dutch start-up named Mars One is hoping to send a select group of
brave astronauts on a one-way trip to the Red Planet in the year 2023 with the
aim of establishing a permanent human colony.
>
http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2013/03/one-way-trip-to-mars-offered-by-dutch.html