Recent content by Starship Trooper

@ChrisA The Zubrin concept doesn't require a return trip. Basically, at a minimum, you launch one or more cargo ships in 2026 with enough stores to support one human for 2 years. This would include a power plant (a large RTG at a minimum) and an electrolysis unit to make oxygen from local...

Musk on X "Mass to orbit is the key metric, thereafter mass to Mars surface. The former needs to be in the megaton to orbit per year range to build a self-sustaining colony on Mars." View: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1875023335891026324 Nobody thinks this could be done with a single...