Posted on 10/28/2010 12:22:55 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
If you read this article from the current issue of Popular Science:
The 123,000 MPH Plasma Engine That Could Finally Take Astronauts to Mars
They're working on a spaceship essentially ejecting a constant stream of heated plasma gas from liquid hydrogen that could take astronauts from Earth to Mars in only 39 days! (And Mars back to Earth in almost the same amount of time.) Because Mars has plentiful water beneath the surface, it means we can make liquid hydrogen on the Martian surface, refuel this spacecraft in Mars orbit, and return to Earth.
"You did the exchange rate in reverse. £1 million is about US$ 1,590,000"Thanks. That's different then ... only $9,997,633,000.00 to go? And I thought they had a cash-flow problem. /S
There's no place on Saturn or any of its moons that's anywhere near as amenable to colonization as Mars. In fact,Saturn doesn't even have a solid surface to land on.
My dream is of Europa or Enceladus. That's where liquid water is most likely to be found and hence, life.
LOL! I just didn’t want you to be accused of cooking the books to make them look bad...(8^D)
What did Mars ever do to you?
We’re gonna need a really big ship to fit a billion of ‘em on it. But, ok.
This should be promoted as a democrap utopia. An entire planet where there are nothing but democraps and libtards.
If it were promoted on this basis, even if we didn’t get rid of all of them, as long as they would take Soros, dumbo, biteme and the gang I’d pony up at least at least 10% of my net worth.
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