[RightWhale]

this is the most probable fuel that will be getting us to Mars and back

They are still thinking in Apollo Program mode.

There and back. They are boxing themselves in.

Opening up Mars should require opening up the minds of the planners. Think a little outside the box.

[Brett66]

Opening up Mars should require opening up the minds of the planners.

That's harder than developing a new system, IMO.

[techcor]

Did you ever read Robert Heinlein's novels? I used to love them as a kid. Mom and Pop load up on the plutonium, put in some mercury and head to a moon of Jupiter to terraform it. This stuff could do it.

[MarkWar]

>Opening up Mars should require opening up the minds of the planners. Think a little outside the box.

I agree 100% with this.

Let's hope that some fringe group or some pseudo-crackpot has or is developing a real "reaction-less" drive. Some kind of real space drive like Townsend Brown seems to have had in embryo.

Taking a year to get to Mars is crazy.

Taking a couple of weeks to get to Mars is like bicycling across the US.

A serious opening of space needs some kind of 1G drive. Then you get to Mars in about a day and a half...

Mark W.