Path: csiph.com!feeder.erje.net!1.us.feeder.erje.net!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2016 15:40:26 -0500 Message-ID: <57F2C279.5B6F@ix.netcom.com> Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2016 13:41:29 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,alt.astronomy Subject: Re: 1st Mars Colonists Should Be 'Prepared to Die,' Elon Musk Says References: <57EEEA3E.5698@ix.netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 35 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.219.229.47 X-Trace: sv3-u4I9C3w0HdX2Gni4BEnFPQnnEvNB7c0J+ZrBS5+zfeHt3rM9LHfm71RzRu6VtOR9+oQ60yqeZtjawsL!G1RMymAay3+aUoahxddFxZBQM5OUeKAOBvDijGOMbvmbzqWNuZrxD9TQWZVp1OxQ1HzRCgBsqvI9!+MKNcAmoesw= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2049 Xref: csiph.com rec.arts.sf.written:452889 sci.physics:599304 sci.physics.relativity:394745 alt.astronomy:286511 SteveGG wrote: > > > > >You need hundreds, if not thousands, of them ferrying in all the crap > >needed to build an infrastructure and the necessities of life while > >you build the infrastructure. > > > Like I said, not going to happen with rocket propulsion. The problem is... NASA doesn't know how to make flying space vehicles to Mars. You're suppose to fly horizontal, not vertical. and land horizontal, not vertical. As you see in this video.. you land horizontal and take off horzontal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igMNkaxdCc4 you might have to swing back and forth like an ant to get where you're going... Why don't I just blow up the planet and start from the beggining? You earthlings are hopeless...