I love the way you think, but I suspect mastering the tyranny of the rocket equation is a lower hurdle than mastering the tyranny of small-minded governments. B

I love the way you think, but I suspect mastering the tyranny of the rocket equation is a lower hurdle than mastering the tyranny of small-minded governments. By the time humans are willing to commit sufficiently to colonization to send substantial amounts of supplies decades in advance of a planned colony or crewed exploration missing, nuclear or ion or quantum vacuum or Alcubierre drives will have rendered chemical propulsion and its associated problems obsolete.