Living in Antarctic - Living in Mars

> From: omar vega [mailto:oevega@...]
>
> What has Mars to offer? well, adventure travel!!!
> Mars could become a vacation resort for space settlers.

Looking at the travel times involved, I don't think so. From Earth orbit to
Mars will run anywhere from a year to a year and a half -- one way! I just
don't see a big demand for "vacations" that require 2-3 years for just the
round-trip travel time.

"Adventure travel" tourism to orbital habitats, and eventually on the Moon?
This will probably be a *big* industry. But Mars is just too far away.

Dave

"The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race
to keep all it's eggs in." Robert A. Heinlein, 20 July, 1976