Re: send humans to Titan, it isn't a question of physics, it's a question of time, technology and commitment

"Jim Wilkins" <[email protected]> writes:

> "Daniel"  wrote in message news:87se4h64sr.fsf@rpi3...
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> R Kym Horsell <[email protected]> writes:
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>> If the plan is to have more than one planet in the system with people on
>> in just in case some calamity happens, then you cant send a robot to
>> do that for you.
>
> What calamity would necessitate sending a human population to Mars? What
> problem would it solve? Pretend the endeavor can be done today for the
> sake of thought experiment.
>
> This is not a challenge to your statement, just having conversation.
> Daniel
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> Likely a human presence on Mars would be a small, highly qualified
> selected group, like South Pole researchers, submarine or ISS crews. A
> study of the personalities of explorers et al. might reveal something
> of the traits they would bring back to resettle a devastated Earth.

In my opinion, Mars is out of reach for human colonization. Our best bet
is the moon, and people could be ferried in and out like we do with the
ISS.

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Daniel
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