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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Colonizing Mars?

Two scientists are suggesting that colonization of the Red Planet could happen faster and more economically if astronauts behaved like the first settlers to come to North America — not expecting to go home.

"The main point is to get Mars exploration moving," said Dirk Schulze-Makuch, a Washington State University astrobiologist who co-wrote an article that seriously proposes what sounds like a preposterous idea.

Full story http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-mars-one-way-20101116,0,3966661.story

Do you think this idea is realistic? preposterous? premature?