Re: Why Elon Musk Sees 1 Million People on Mars by the 2040s

Jim Wilkins wrote on 14/7/24 9:23 pm:
> "Daniel70"  wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> R Kym Horsell wrote on 14/7/24 7:15 am:
> 
> <Snip>
> 
>> Colonising Mars will not be easy and that's probably a good thing.
>> The conditions are so hard and the place is so remote it will
>> quickly diverge from Earth customs pretty fast much like Australia
>> did from Britain. 
> 
> Australia 'diverge' from Britian!! You have got to be joking! Unlike The 
> U.S. of A. (and Europe and just about everywhere else on Earth), we in 
> Australia drive on THE CORRECT SIDE OF THE ROAD (which isn't the RIGHT 
> side) .... and we spell words the correct way (Well the older 
> generations do, those that haven't been so influenced by U.S. of A. 
> T.V.!!) ;-P

.... and then Jim Wilkins posted a link to

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_gauge_in_Australia

about the various Rail Gauges in Australia due to each of the former 
Colonies not wanting to follow the lead of any of the other Colonies.

For that reason, the Albury Railway Station 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albury_railway_station was reputed to be 
the Longest Railway Station in The World because it had to be long 
enough to handle two trains, a New South Wales Railways STANDARD GUAGE 
(4ft 8inch, I think) Train as well as a Victorian Railways BROAD GUAGE 
(5ft 3inch) Train, at the same time.
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Daniel