A few years ago I was fond of saying: only Bob Zubrin thinks you can go all the way to Mars in a capsule, we need spaceships. The pendulum has swung back to his brand of crazy for the moment with catchphrases like "iron men in wooden ships". Well, that's about to change. I think Elon will get around to announcing MCT this year or next and all these over-the-falls-in-a-barrel Mars plans will be quietly swept under the rug.
Was MCT ever confirmed to have something to do with Mars?
Nice one. I'm so glad I wasn't drinking coke while reading that or you'd owe me a new keyboard
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Apparently MCT = Mars Colonial Transport is attributable to Tom Mueller (SpaceX propulsion chief). No video of him saying it unfortunately.
That is very interesting. If Elon started a Mars program, he would truly have the credibility to follow through!
I can't help but think that once Falcon Heavy is online we are going to see a lot more Mars One type projects. I don't think Mars One by itself will make it to Mars, but I could absolutely see them as one of the investors in a first commercial mission to Mars.
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While I'm rootin' for Mars One, I'm pretty skeptical they will actually succeed. Just wanted to see what everyone else was thinking...
Not all reality tv is like that. Some of it is simply "we're doing stuff you wish you could do". Monster Garage and Comic Book Men come to mind, but there's dozens of others.Not that, you know, I watch any reality tv if I can help it :)
And even Monster Garage had a new set of people every week. Monster Garage also had a fresh, visually stimulating project to build every week. That's not exactly the same as watching the same four people in the same small chamber week after week doing exactly the same thing.
Quote from: ChrisWilson68 on 04/04/2013 02:54 amAnd even Monster Garage had a new set of people every week. Monster Garage also had a fresh, visually stimulating project to build every week. That's not exactly the same as watching the same four people in the same small chamber week after week doing exactly the same thing.Building a whole planetary civilization isn't enough to do?
Quote from: QuantumG on 04/04/2013 02:56 amQuote from: ChrisWilson68 on 04/04/2013 02:54 amAnd even Monster Garage had a new set of people every week. Monster Garage also had a fresh, visually stimulating project to build every week. That's not exactly the same as watching the same four people in the same small chamber week after week doing exactly the same thing.Building a whole planetary civilization isn't enough to do?It takes a long time to get to mars. By then everyone will be bored.