[ExI] Packing for Mars

[Adrian Tymes]

Something like that, yeah.  I think I could, if I had to (and was trusted
to by someones with enough money), get a small Mars sample return mission
done for no more than $100M.

Do not confuse "we don't know any way to do it" with "it would not be
affordable/practical with certain assumptions".

On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 12:23 PM Darin Sunley via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> The two-stage-to-orbit Mars Ascent Vehicles from "The Martian" seem
> perfectly feasible, given a billion dollars or two worth of R&D to work out
> the little details.
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> On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 1:16 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> > *On Behalf Of *Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
>> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Packing for Mars
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>> On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 9:55 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
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>> Billw…
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>> >…We know quite well how to get back up.  It just hasn't been done yet,
>> as it would be expensive to do so, and we haven't yet had anything we
>> deemed worth the expense….
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>> Adrian what do you have in mind?
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>> spike
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