MrGraveyards
MrGraveyards t1_j5sxejd wrote
Reply to comment by 07tartutic07 in NASA, DARPA Will Test Nuclear Engine for Future Mars Missions by Gari_305
Yeah it hasn't been done before, but the designs are out there for quite some time. This is really a good way to travel faster within our solar system. Not super fast or anything, but faster.
MrGraveyards t1_ir0t3fa wrote
Reply to comment by House13Games in what is the real reason for SpaceX trying to "colonize Mars"? by dMartian-official
The thing is ELON has a dream of a Mars base. It is NOT the goal of SpaceX itself. The goal of SpaceX is to provide transport, build a vehicle that can enable a Mars colony, or a space colony, or a Titan colony, or whatever you pretty much want to do in this solar system.
Maybe they'll simply decide once they have that Starship thing worked out completely that we don't need to make humans 'multiplanetary', we need to move humans to space, where we can easily use the abundant materials to build stuff. I wouldn't count too much on that Mars colony, doesn't mean they're not doing something useful.
MrGraveyards t1_j5tgb80 wrote
Reply to comment by ConfirmedCynic in NASA, DARPA Will Test Nuclear Engine for Future Mars Missions by Gari_305
Oh yes that is true.