(June 13, 2014 at 11:56 am)Rhythm Wrote: (As a side note, the notion that a manned mars mission, or any manned mission, is held up by cost is entirely baseless.)
I'm sorry, but you're talking out of your ass:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manned_mission_to_Mars
Quote:The cost of sending people to Mars has been the main obstacle of any mission. Estimates of cost have ranged from $6 billion to $500 billion for various crewed programs.