National Geographic on Mars Colonization

[StarStreak2109]

Nice poster with some (popsci) depictions of how Mars would be colonized...

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/11/exploring-mars-supplement-poster/

 

[NSEP]

Looks nice, but really heavy at the same time.

[DerekL1963]

Pretty much a mash up of every idea lately proposed...
 

3 minutes ago, NSEP said:

Looks nice, but really heavy at the same time.

Heavy is inescapable if you plan on being there semi-permanently.

[NSEP]

1 minute ago, DerekL1963 said:

Heavy is inescapable if you plan on being there semi-permanently.

True that.

[Darnok]

Nice, I can see some potential new KSP parts

[StarStreak2109]

10 minutes ago, Darnok said:

Nice, I can see some potential new KSP parts

Exactly what I thought!!!!!

Edited October 25, 2016 by StarStreak2109
Fixed emoji! (Hey it's the important things!)

[kunok]

6 hours ago, NSEP said:

Looks nice, but really heavy at the same time.

It looks light to me, an early base dependent of the earth.

Does anybody know how to download the full one? Forget that

Edited October 25, 2016 by kunok

[Ultimate Steve]

I read the article, and it was criticizing SpaceX's plan a lot (or maybe it just seemed that way, I'm biased towards SpaceX) but that wasn't the problem I had with it. The main problem I had with it was that there was no mention of the ITS/MCT anywhere in the article. Although this may have been written before the announcement.

 

On the plus side, on the opposite side of that poster is a map of Mars that I am going to hang up in my room.

[kunok]

52 minutes ago, Ultimate Steve said:

I read the article, and it was criticizing SpaceX's plan a lot (or maybe it just seemed that way, I'm biased towards SpaceX) but that wasn't the problem I had with it. The main problem I had with it was that there was no mention of the ITS/MCT anywhere in the article. Although this may have been written before the announcement.

The SpaceX plan has lots of big holes and lots of part that they just are looking to other direction. Is a good article I was worried when national geographic was sold but they seem to be still good

As @Nibb31said in other thread, the ITS only has sense to an already established colony, it doesn't has sense in any step by step scenario.

[RedKraken]

Very nice poster. Will desktop with my mola relief map.

And some very nice maps in the article :

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/planets-maps-exploring-mars-space-science/

Edited October 26, 2016 by RedKraken

[KAL 9000]

I got the actual poster with my monthly hard copy of National Geographic. It's hanging up in my room now