Comments on: Dennis Tito’s Inspiration Mars Foundation’s “Mission for America” Mars Tour 2018 https://habitablezone.com/2013/02/28/dennis-titos-inspiration-mars-foundations-mission-for-america-mars-tour-2018/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2013/02/28/dennis-titos-inspiration-mars-foundations-mission-for-america-mars-tour-2018/#comment-22978 FrankC Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:29:22 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=30459#comment-22978 When someone determines that the cost of getting wherever is exceeded by the value of what can be retrieved, we will be on our way to the stars. Space elevator? maybe, but that will be one helluva public works project, even with a lot of private funding. When someone determines that the cost of getting wherever is exceeded by the value of what can be retrieved, we will be on our way to the stars.

Space elevator? maybe, but that will be one helluva public works project, even with a lot of private funding.

]]> By: Ainz https://habitablezone.com/2013/02/28/dennis-titos-inspiration-mars-foundations-mission-for-america-mars-tour-2018/#comment-22974 Ainz Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:53:48 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=30459#comment-22974 I’m all for space tourism, and definitely (as I suspect most of us here) down for a manned Mars mission, but not this one. For the same price, ($500 million) I’d rather see the (unmanned) SpaceX-NASA <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dragon_%28spacecraft%29" rel="nofollow">Red Dragon</a> mission. As for Tito’s “Mission for America”, he wasn’t waving the flag back when he and the Russians “backdoor’d” the ISS and NASA, in what amounted to space mutiny. Would a manned Mars drive-by be cool anyway? Well,…sure, for about 15 minutes, but I’m afraid it would suck up all the venture capitol and good will better spent on an open ended series of missions built around (future) SpaceX hardware, and domestic and international contribution. I’m all for space tourism, and definitely (as I suspect most of us here) down for a manned Mars mission, but not this one.

For the same price, ($500 million) I’d rather see the (unmanned) SpaceX-NASA Red Dragon mission.

As for Tito’s “Mission for America”, he wasn’t waving the flag back when he and the Russians “backdoor’d” the ISS and NASA, in what amounted to space mutiny.

Would a manned Mars drive-by be cool anyway?

Well,…sure, for about 15 minutes, but I’m afraid it would suck up all the venture capitol and good will better spent on an open ended series of missions built around (future) SpaceX hardware, and domestic and international contribution.

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