[extropy-chat] 10th Planet Discovered

[Rik van Riel]

On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Brent Neal wrote:

> Absolutely. The next logical place to put humans is Mars, to cut down
> the communications delay to industrialization efforts in the asteroid
> belt.

Ironically Mars is further away from most of the asteroid
belt than the Earth is.  This because at any given time,
half of the asteroids will be "on the other side of the
sun" from Mars, or at least at another point in the orbit.

Transportation from Mars to the asteroid belt and back
may be faster than with Earth though, due to being further
out from the Sun's, not as deep inside the gravity well.

> Plus, we actually have a decent chance of terraforming Mars. Added
> bonus.

Good sunlight is definately an important factor, indeed...

Rik
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