From: dr.o@xxxxx.wanadoo.nl.retro.com   
      
   "Sander Vesik"  wrote in message   
   news:1073865574.955730@haldjas.folklore.ee...   
   > Chung Leong  wrote:   
   > > Bar the development of some revolutionary technology, is it realistic to   
   > > think that we can land on Mars and come back?   
   >   
   > Yes. All you really need is the willingness to spend a lot of money on   
   > launching fuel tanks to LEO. strictly speaking, could have done decades   
   > ago. Just nobody has been willing to cough up the money so far, either   
   > for a brute force mission or otherwise.   
   >   
      
   Now that Falcon I can put 4500kg's into LEO for $6million it should be   
   financially doable.   
      
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