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In reply to the discussion: Dennis Tito To Announce Private Human Mars Mission [View all]"pre-supplied" and a habitat waiting for them when they get there...
On the issue of the heavy lift boosters...
Nasa is planning a newer, more powerful heavy lifter and testing mothballed Saturn V systems...
http://www.space.com/12941-nasa-unveils-giant-rocket-space-launch-system.html
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/f1_sls.html
"the poop"...can either be vacuum dried to recapture the water and then used as an ejection mass or used to feed a redundant aquaponics system.
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"robotics to set up shelter" is not something that's been available for 20 years
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2013
#17
Solar sails and electric propulsion have never carried anything as large as a human capsule
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2013
#26
For that, you'll either need an active planetary core or a STAR WARS-type magnetic field
derby378
Feb 2013
#45
Some kind of 'global government' will be needed to set rules if we do start colonizing other
pampango
Feb 2013
#40
The more I think about it, the more I expect the UN not to be involved in such a process.
Bucky
Feb 2013
#41
So very cool trip to Mars, though I wish they would set-up on the floor of our Oceans first.
Sunlei
Feb 2013
#37
There's a country in North Africa where a bunch of people would like to send their President to Mars
slackmaster
Feb 2013
#42