Thread: The Mars Colony
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Old 07-07-10, 11:45 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by razark View Post
Except that Mars is the one we can reach now, with what we have today.

Besides, Saturn and Uranus are just a fuel stop on the way out of the solar system.
As far as He3 the moon is obviously the first stop. Tho He3 fusion will not be economically viable for a great deal of time anyway. Why would you develop all that infrastructure to get a small bit of advantage in the reaction when you can use PB11 and get boron from mines or the ocean?
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