Mars and Island One

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Karell Ste-Marie"
wrote:

> What I will keep throwing up in the air is my own attempt at common
> sense, fair?

Fair enough. IMHO, the first thing you should do is buy or
borrow "The High Frontier" by Gerard K. O'Neill and "Colonies in
Space" by T.A. Heppenheimer. They're the big picture works that
explain why Habitats are a better strategy than Mars.

TangoMan