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> The basic idea is to not have all your eggs in one basket. A moon base is the precursor to a base on Mars and having humans get anywhere near Mars in the nex
by Supermancho 5y ago
> The basic idea is to not have all your eggs in one basket.
A moon base is the precursor to a base on Mars and having humans get anywhere near Mars in the next 50 years (if they return or not) is a PR stunt.
- more_corn 5y agoPlanning for mars is making the moon shot significantly better. Starship can basically replace the whole complicated and expensive orbiter lander situation with a fast, cheap, reusable craft with a fantastic payload capacity. That craft is being designed and built with Mars in mind. It’s also going to be fantastically useful for other things.