On Mar/1/2021 at 07:43, Jeff Findley wrote :
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SpaceX plans on building Starship to transport Mars colonist and
equipment for a Mars colony. But they mostly expect other companies and
organizations to handle the actual establishment of a base on Mars :
habitats, greenhouses... Starship seems to be advancing well, but I
haven't heard much about others working on the necessities for living on
Mars. Have any of you heard about others having such plans?

Starship has yet to prove itself, so there really aren't any concrete
(i.e. funded) plans to use it to go to Mars and back.

Jeff

I would guess that if someone, see for instance
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/articl...in-gjoa-haven/
adapted greenhouses built for the arctic to the needs of a colony on
Mars today, they could get very good shipping agreements from SpaceX to
deliver them to Mars. They could probably get their greenhouses to Mars
for two years worth of veggies on Mars. After the two years they start
selling veggies on Mars at a profit. If you wait until SpaceX is ready
to go to Mars, you won't be getting as good a deal.

I think companies who act now might make big profits. Those who wait
will have a harder time. Elon wants humans on Mars soon. If you want to
help him, I think you can have a good deal.


Alain Fournier