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I agree we should send people as soon as reasonable, but this system is deploying about 1 ton of payload, which isn't going to go very far in terms of life-supp

I agree we should send people as soon as reasonable, but this system is deploying about 1 ton of payload, which isn't going to go very far in terms of life-support equipment (dried rations, maybe... air scrubbers? No.)

ArkanExplorer 6y ago
The issue with landing people on Mars is that you have to fly them back to Earth. We have to be prepared to 'die on Mars'.