Asteroid use

You seem to have hidden assumptions in your ideas.

Do you think the industrial complexes needed to mine and fabricate
stuff on the moon and mars are waiting there?

Reality: Everything needed on the moon, mars or in space will
initially have to be brought with the colonist.

Ask yourself, what do you as an individual need to survive on the
moon? What infrastructure must be in place to provide those goods and
services? You will find all three are very similar. That minimum must
be built and launched from earth. Once in low earth orbit, it is 300
000 km to the moon, 200 million km to mars, and 50 000 - 50 million km
for asteroids.

For time schedules, 1 week -1 month for the moon, 2 week wait time for
launch. two years to get to mars, 2 year wait times for launch. 1 week
- 2 years for asteroids, 1 month-5 year wait time.

Bill

--- In spacesettlers@egroups.com, Marcel Williams