[lee martell]

In other words, don’t pack your suitcases just yet.

[curious7]

Send cargo craft ahead and park in orbit, even land so they know everything they need is there and intact on the surface before they leave Earth. Maybe try out some solar-sail tech or solar-wind tech for the cargo craft. Also send some to the satellites as well. Make it a serious operation and not some shoestring deal. You’re a long ways from a gas station or a Walmart when you get to Mars.

[LastDayz]

I suppose once you iron out wormhole travel and warp drive, it’ll be a hop, skip, and a jump.

[jz638]

If the various space agencies and private companies don’t sort out how to either shield humans from the massive amounts of radiation they’d be absorbing on this trip, or changing human biology to stay healthy in a high radiation environment, it’s all moot.

I’ll never understand why the same people who fervently believe science can turn Mars into a habitable oasis for colonization, something which has never been accomplished and we have no experience achieving, but it’s impossible for humanity to handle climate change and improve our environment on earth, which even primitive cultures have managed to do for thousands of years and we’re getting better at every day.

[GreatRoad]

The Transporter, Jim!

[Karliner]

Elton John wrote about going there....old news.

[mylife]

[mass55th]

What if we don’t want them safely back again?

[Songcraft]

Well, this web page discusses 4 ways to get from Pittsburgh to Mars, in a relatively safe manner, via bus, taxi, or car.

(And, with that, I bid all good, decent people here good night.)

[DesertRhino]

And how will our soon-to-be revolutionary socialist nation pay for that?

[Seruzawa]

Youse guys don't get it. We HAVE to go to Mars. Because:

[Varsity Flight]

First Men on the Moon.
With that stuff.

[JamesP81]

Going to need something like a nuclear electric rocket. Not huge thrust, but constant and compact. Steady acceleration adds up over time.

[Doc91678]

They don’t come back... It’s a one way trip....

[chopperk]

Build a long bridge.

[Hostage]

If it can be promised to me that no Democrats or fake Republicans can ever go there, I will find a way.

[algore]

https://youtu.be/WFMLGEHdIjE

Nurse:
“Hello? Hellooo?
“Perhaps you need another shot.”
(nurse injects, some grunting)
“There that should do it.”
(nurse walks to door, opens it)
“Sweet dreams. You bastard.”
(nurse closes door)

I remember now
I remember how it started
I can’t remember yesterday
I just remember doing what they told me
Told me
Told me
Told me

[va22030]

and make billionaires trillioniars in the process.

[Telepathic Intruder]

"A Hohmann transfer between Earth and Mars takes around 259 days (between eight and nine months)"

How could they get this wrong? It actually takes a little over 6 months.

[nickcarraway]

Why?