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Leynos said:
Yup. Need to recycle the ship parts into a living habitat. I don't think it's happening anytime soon. A several month journey is just asking a lot with our current techincalogical limits. |
If we spend as many resources on space flight as on killing each other it would be entirely feasible. The costs to send a steady stream of supply ships to Mars is astronomical, but it's just allocation of resources in the end. It's not out technological limits, it's our limits to being able to work together as a global society. The industrial production and research capacity of 'Earth' is plenty capable of producing a capable 'star fleet'. Yet right now, and for the next 100 years, there are more pressing problems that need full attention.
For now space flight remains a hobby project, mostly for the super rich. Technology for putting a man on the moon was also directly useful for the military industrial complex. Long distance space flight far less, hence the stagnation since the moon landings. The smart thing to do is to establish a permanent moon base first, yet that doesn't sound as prestigious as putting a man on Mars. So for now it remains an ego project for the super rich.
