Astronauts and manned Mars Exploration

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    We will build a base on the moon before a man steps on mars.
     
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    I can see tactical advantages to bases on the moon but how about profitable?
     
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    I read something somewhere sometime about propellants for the engines of the time being source able on the moon. have we advanced past that already?
     
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    A base, perhaps. There may be some value in that for repeat missions or something. But I think the first habitat we create will be on Mars. There's nothing on the moon worth inhabiting it for.
     
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    To get off of this planet, I plan to make acquaintances with Elon Musk.
     
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    Mining? Maybe they'll find a portal to the red planet, Some Ghosts of Mars shit. It will also be a Refueling station for space shuttles going to mars. Eventually it will lead to the Enterprise being built. Right? It has to.
     
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    the portal won't be to mars but to a galaxy far. far away.
     
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    I'm not sure about that. I do know current spaceshuttles burn most of their fuel to reach escape velocity and enter space. They will need to refuel once out of Earths orbit in order to reach mars.
     
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    I've heard about attempts to harness solar power as an alternative power source for space shuttles.
     
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    and solar sails on a somewhat similar vein. i'm not smart or current enough to talk about ion drives though the early talks showed promise.
     
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    will we find compounds and alloys that currently we can't produce?
     
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    I can think of one rich dude that a vast majority of people would like to see leave the planet.
     
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    I read about one of the military designs staying aloft for over a year ,dipping/skimming the atmosphere for fuel
     
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    I'm no huge fan of Meyers Leonard, but that's a little harsh.
     
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    maybe this was a scram jet/ram jet in misremembering
     
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    On the moon. Some rich dudes are trying to finance an operation to get a base up therecon the moon to look for Gold, Silver, Helium 3, and other precious materials. There probably isn't any new materials on the moon that we haven't foubd on Earth, but its possible.
     
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    Wow
     
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    they envision it dovetailing nicely and efficiently to cut both time and projected costs of the original mars mission. good/interesting in the menu
     
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