To: Jack Hydrazine; TheOldLady; Vaquero; originalbuckeye; Kevmo; LuvFreeRepublic; LittleBillyInfidel; ..
2 posted on
05/22/2011 5:29:10 PM PDT by
KevinDavis
(The Birthers have a TMI issue..)
To: KevinDavis
3 posted on
05/22/2011 5:44:52 PM PDT by
wally_bert
(It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
To: KevinDavis
Interesting concept, having the astronauts be paid ticket-holders.
Could work.
But not a word about the radiation exposure. Twelve-month round trip in space. Eighteen months on Mars. That’s 30 months of hard radiation... a lot harder than on ISS.
Of course, you could mitigate that by living underground on Mars part of the time. But still. It’s a lot of radiation.
4 posted on
05/22/2011 5:46:21 PM PDT by
samtheman
To: KevinDavis
If SpaceX makes it to Mars first can the company name it and claim it or blab it and grab it and own the whole planet?
7 posted on
05/22/2011 6:06:40 PM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: KevinDavis
Why not go to the moon first, and set up bases, and operations there? Exploration for minerals, and substances for creating fuel could be done. Then from there, rockets could be sent to Mars, without the need for such heavy lifting vehicles as we need now.
There's no need to rush to get to Mars. It isn't going anywhere.
11 posted on
05/22/2011 6:23:11 PM PDT by
SuziQ
To: KevinDavis
Foolish not to go first to the moon and learn.
15 posted on
05/22/2011 6:49:56 PM PDT by
NonValueAdded
(I asked the bartender for a bin Ladin, she said 'what's that? I said 'two shots then a splash.')
To: KevinDavis
18 posted on
05/22/2011 8:30:40 PM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: KevinDavis
Thanks KevinDavis.
Zubrin published an op-ed piece in the Wall Street Journal saying mankind could get to Mars on the cheap within 5 years using SpaceX
He sticks to the same line of bull, no matter what happens.
21 posted on
05/22/2011 8:49:50 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
To: KevinDavis
We could use another space race! That was good times. Think if the Chinese announce they’re going it would motivate anyone?
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