Wired News: Company Wants Settlers on Mars

On 2005-09-18, observer wrote:

Jonathan Silverlight Wrote:
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How much did Biosphere 2 lose? According to Wikipedia it cost $150
million. Of course the real question is "who loses ?". And "who wins
?".


To me, this "settlers on mars"-thingie is nothing to be taken serious.
IF I had the money to invest, I wouldn't

Someone used the Gobi Desert as an example: it's a thousand times
more hospitable and a million times cheaper to get to, with about the
same level of resources available to exploit. How come there are
no commercial ventures to "colonise" it?
(Ans. because it's not a viable proposition)

Pete


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