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That is seriously hampered by the cost of trade, though. I don't think anyone quite knows how this will play out with regard to exports/imports to Mars. It seem
by nardi 10y ago
That is seriously hampered by the cost of trade, though. I don't think anyone quite knows how this will play out with regard to exports/imports to Mars. It seems like those on Mars will be handicapped by lots of "survival" overhead in what they are able to produce per capita. Even their Internet access will be 5-20 minutes delayed to/from Earth.
- T-A 10y agoMusk knows the score on exports perfectly well: " Honestly, if you had like crack-cocaine on Mars, in like prepackaged pallets, it still wouldn't make sense to transport it back here." [1] A couple of years ago there was loose talk of SpaceX financing the Mars colony by building a space-based ISP (in low Earth orbit, mind you), but as far as I can see that's no longer on the table [2][3]. [1] http://shitelonsays.com/transcript/elon-musk-at-mits-aeroastro-centennial-part-5-of-6-2014-10-24 http://shitelonsays.com/transcript/elon-musk-at-mits-aeroast... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneWeb_satellite_constellation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneWeb_satellite_constellation [3] http://www.techinsider.io/elon-musks-spacex-is-backpedaling-its-satellite-internet-plan-2015-10 http://www.techinsider.io/elon-musks-spacex-is-backpedaling-...