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Humans on Mars by 1970
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Whilst Orion might have been technically feasible like most proposed manned space technology even if attempted I doubt it would have been economically possible to sustain. This sounds like a mundane way of thinking about it but it's paramount, we could have had a fully manned Moon colony from the 1970s onwards but the cost would have been astronomical and the ROI compared to other uses for those resources would have been appalling.

I'm not opposed to space colonisation ideology by any means but I'm skeptical that it should be (and to some extent could be) pursued before a time when the relevant society(s) have a massive economic surplus/potential surplus and not much else to justify allocating it to.
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Humans on Mars by 1970 - by stevebowers - 05-17-2013, 04:25 AM
RE: Humans on Mars by 1970 - by John M. Dollan - 05-17-2013, 10:57 AM
RE: Humans on Mars by 1970 - by iancampbell - 05-18-2013, 09:27 PM
RE: Humans on Mars by 1970 - by Rynn - 05-19-2013, 02:53 AM
RE: Humans on Mars by 1970 - by iancampbell - 05-19-2013, 08:31 AM
RE: Humans on Mars by 1970 - by radtech497 - 05-19-2013, 12:42 PM
RE: Humans on Mars by 1970 - by Rynn - 05-19-2013, 08:50 AM
RE: Humans on Mars by 1970 - by iancampbell - 05-19-2013, 04:32 PM
RE: Humans on Mars by 1970 - by radtech497 - 05-20-2013, 05:47 AM
RE: Humans on Mars by 1970 - by stevebowers - 05-20-2013, 08:10 AM
RE: Humans on Mars by 1970 - by iancampbell - 05-20-2013, 08:44 AM

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