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dairydog91

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8. If somebody is willing and able to pay for it, chances are somebody will be willing to do it.

Reply to KittyWampus (Reply #7)

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 07:48 PM

Feb 2013

Sure, it's more practical to send robots, but private space exploration needs to find private investors willing to fork over billions, and that means that private exploration is probably going to start with either robotic probing for natural resources or with tourism joyrides for billionaires.

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In 5 years, we're going to send two people to Mars. [View all] bananas Feb 2013 OP

Or will the man end up on Mars...and the woman on Venus? pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #1

I've seen a lot of these private space ventures come and go LongTomH Feb 2013 #2

This isn't a start-up venture, it's a philanthropic venture bananas Mar 2013 #9

Well, I nominate Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.... n/t Still Sensible Feb 2013 #3

In nominate Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh SummerSnow Feb 2013 #4

It would be a huge savings in rocket fuel LadyHawkAZ Mar 2013 #14

This is real and doable Neurotica Feb 2013 #5

Agreed on the risk. I'm skeptical about this but I really don't want to be. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #6

What a complete and total waste. Robots take so much less resources/weight & benefit KittyWampus Feb 2013 #7

If somebody is willing and able to pay for it, chances are somebody will be willing to do it. dairydog91 Feb 2013 #8

Are Carnival Cruises far behind? Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #10

The money would be much better spent Shankapotomus Mar 2013 #11

Biospheres on Mars have a lot of advantages bananas Mar 2013 #12

I have to agree Shankapotomus Mar 2013 #13

Maybe not a good idea just yet. Separation Mar 2013 #15

Even if it doesn't impact, it could still take out the orbiters bananas Mar 2013 #20

I want to pick which two Spirochete Mar 2013 #16

I nominate the Kochroach Bros. meow2u3 Mar 2013 #17

I rather doubt it. The round trip is 70+ weeks, and life support struggle4progress Mar 2013 #18

"President Kennedy, when will we put a man on the moon?" cherokeeprogressive Mar 2013 #19