Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,sci.physics,alt.astronomy Subject: Re: 1st Mars Colonists Should Be 'Prepared to Die,' Elon Musk Says Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 18:03:24 -0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 13 Sender: Jim Pennino Message-ID: References: <57EEEA3E.5698@ix.netcom.com> Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="db4120ef82bbc153014637d4cd15a795"; logging-data="17500"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+/un+jIZfwuHNpgOBKo3Mv" User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.10 (i86pc)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Safj/NIIymKpXwYi2QkmYS/uKuM= Xref: csiph.com rec.arts.sf.written:452575 sci.physics:599054 alt.astronomy:286429 In sci.physics Cryptoengineer wrote: > I really hope he succeeds. No one else seems to being doing as much > for the long term sustainability of the human race. Human life on Mars is not long term sustainable absent the equivalent of an industrialized nation on Mars. -- Jim Pennino