"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message
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Matt Casey wrote:

Return to the Moon and colonize it, go to Mars, colonize it, go
to the other planets in the Solar System, and go to the stars?

Not until we achieve some major breakthroughs in propulsion -- exotic
stuff like antigravity, free energy, etc.


Funny enough I had a dream last night that I was arguing with someone about
the amount of information in a shuttle SRB vs. an oak tree the same size.
We determined an oak tree had similar energy content and could be grown for
like a $1.00. The problem was trying to release the energy that quickly.
:-)

So there's a breakthrough waiting to happen. :-)

Seriously, I don't think we quite need that level of breakthrough, I think
we can do it with less exotic propulsion methods. But it's not happening
anytime soon.



OTW, the expenses of supporting colonies on the Moon and Mars would be
prohibitive.

Think of Antarctic research times 100.

And that's a LOW end estimate.




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