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Originally Posted by Battlebasset
Agree 100%. People downplay the immense distances to points in space. There is nothing there that would allow items to be refined/built there. Everything would need to come from earth. Unless there is something there of immense worth to offset the cost, there is no way this is economically feasible.
While still insanely expensive, it would be better to colonize the moon. It would require everything moving to Mars would require, but it is closer, and could be used as a platform for deeper space exploration. With unmanned probes. There is no reason to send a human anywhere in outer space, other than ego.
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Ego has nothing to do with it. Curiosity has everything to do with it. Without curiosity to drive us forward, our species would have died off long, long ago. Eventually there will be bases on the moon, then Mars, then farther out. Our species will always want to know what is over the next hill. Eventually, Star Trek and Star Wars will be scifact more than sci-fi. And, probably far sooner then we realize.