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Not necessarily. As a society, we spend a lot more on Hollywood storytelling than we do on space exploration. And certainly more than a mission to Mars would co
by cryptoz 11y ago
Not necessarily. As a society, we spend a lot more on Hollywood storytelling than we do on space exploration. And certainly more than a mission to Mars would cost.
- hkmurakami 11y agoiirc (from the talk) a mission to Mars will cost a few trillion dollars (I forgot the exact figure, but somewhere between $1T and $10T). That's a lot more than Hollywood storytelling.
- meagain20000 11y agoMaybe with current technology. But as technology continues to advance things will continue to get cheaper. What costs a trillion dollars today could cost a couple billion dollars in a not so distant future
- nine_k 11y ago...if you ignore inflation :)
- rbanffy 11y agoTechnology does not advance in a vacuum (pun intended). When you say that you are ignoring that the technology advanced because some of those trillions were spent in research, even though the research has more goals than enabling a manned mission to Mars.
- cryptoz 11y agoReally? I've never heard a figure that high. I think the estimates currently are about $50B, spread out over 10 years or so.