Kim Stanley Robinson's vision to become reality?

TarJak · 10-29-10, 06:18 AM

http://media.smh.com.au/national/sel...n-2015624.html

Bet this gets cut rather than followed through. Would be interesting to see what happened if it did go ahead though.

Gerald · 10-29-10, 07:45 AM

Interestingly, and certainly very feasible,

Jimbuna · 10-29-10, 08:00 AM

A bit like how your rock became inhabited perhaps

Oberon · 10-29-10, 08:02 AM

Were I not attached through emotional and social bonds to this planet I would most definitely like to go.

razark · 10-29-10, 09:01 AM

Meh.

I'll believe people are going to Mars when they actually light the rockets.

TLAM Strike · 10-29-10, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

A bit like how your rock became inhabited perhaps

I doubt we would send criminals to Mars...

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Were I not attached through emotional and social bonds to this planet I would most definitely like to go.

Me too but I got my heart set on Gliese 581 d.

Platapus · 10-29-10, 01:34 PM

I am not likin the "one way trip" especially when the rocket systems will be built by the contractor that says "hey, I can build that cheaper!"

I wonder if the one way trip was a requirement or an acknowledgment of the limitations of NASA?

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Kim Stanley Robinson's vision to become reality? http://media.smh.com.au/national/sel...n-2015624.html Bet this gets cut rather than followed through. Would be interesting to see what happened if it did go ahead though.

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Interestingly, and certainly very feasible, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A bit like how your rock became inhabited perhaps __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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razark Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,731 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 12	Meh. I'll believe people are going to Mars when they actually light the rockets. __________________ "Never ask a World War II history buff for a 'final solution' to your problem!"

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I am not likin the "one way trip" especially when the rocket systems will be built by the contractor that says "hey, I can build that cheaper!" I wonder if the one way trip was a requirement or an acknowledgment of the limitations of NASA? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Were I not attached through emotional and social bonds to this planet I would most definitely like to go.

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