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kleinbl00 · 3769 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Surprisingly Strong Case for Colonizing Venus
I dunno, man. I ride a motorcycle. It was built in 2008, weighs 450 lbs and makes 120 HP. In 1998 that was crazy power. In 1988 it was GP bike power. In 1978 it was science fiction. In 1908, a gas vehicle smaller than a horse made a hell of a lot less power than a horse, not a hundred times as much. I expect there will be advances in power. It may then work out economically to venture forth into space with the casual abandon of Drake crossing the Atlantic. Until then, not even sub-orbital tourism pencils out.