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Comment Re:"send people one way to Mars" (Score 0) 351

But that brings an excellent point. Why the hell not? What prevents Google (or Virgin or McDonald's or any other multi-billion dollar entity) from doing so? I have firmly believed for some time now the answer to space exploration and presence will be had through commercial ventures. There is fuck-all ROI on the deal, but at least there could be infrastructure in place and even the possibility of tourism if manufacturing exists for one way trips back from Mars. Someone needs to step up and make the 25 to 50-year decision to put a Disneyland near Olympus Mons.

"When deep space exploration ramps up, it will be the corporations that name everything: the IBM stellarsphere, the Microsoft galaxy, planet Starbucks."

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