Wired News: Company Wants Settlers on Mars

08:29 AM Sep. 17, 2005 PT

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts -- All companies set goals, but newly formed
4Frontiers is eyeing some expansive horizons. The company's mission: to open
a small human settlement on Mars within 20 years or so.

Sure, it may sound far-fetched. And the company's initial plans are a lot
more terrestrial than ethereal, like developing a 25,000-square-foot replica
of a Mars settlement here on Earth, then charging tourists admission.

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08:29 AM Sep. 17, 2005 PT

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts -- All companies set goals, but newly formed
4Frontiers is eyeing some expansive horizons. The company's mission: to open
a small human settlement on Mars within 20 years or so.

Sure, it may sound far-fetched. And the company's initial plans are a lot
more terrestrial than ethereal, like developing a 25,000-square-foot replica
of a Mars settlement here on Earth, then charging tourists admission.

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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 ?".
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Jonathan Silverlight Wrote:
n_rw-7 @no-go.ya_ho.o.aw_ay.con.invalid=""
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
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On 2005-09-18, observer wrote:

Jonathan Silverlight Wrote:
n_rw-7 @no-go.ya_ho.o.aw_ay.con.invalid=""
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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