2011-07-09, 01:07 PM
Duelman Wrote:Moonbase sounds about right for our generation.All they need is a working an super reliable Ion/Plasma engine to get to Mars, otherwise the journey takes like 8 months one-side.
I seriously doubt any of us will be alive to see people living in a mars base though.
Ion/Plasma engines are extremely energy efficient engines that can keep on accelerating during the journey to Mars, instead of having all energy depleted in the first 4 minutes of the flight and then hope for the best.
When they have those engines, the difference between a base on the Moon or Mars isn't that large.