http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/5/13178056/boeing-ceo-mars-colony-rocket-spacex-elon-musk
Boeing's CEO says his company will be the first to put a man on Mars:
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is aiming to start a Martian colony within the next decade, but another rival CEO says his company will actually be the one to put humans on the Red Planet first. Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg recently answered questions at the "Whats Next" tech conference in Chicago, and when asked about the future of his company, he focused on breakthroughs in space travel. "I'm convinced that the first person to step foot on Mars will arrive there riding on a Boeing rocket," said Muilenburg, according to Bloomberg.
[...] Currently, Boeing is designing and developing the Space Launch System, the massive rocket that NASA wants to use to send people to Mars. So when Muilenburg says the first people will get to the planet with a Boeing rocket, he's most likely referring to the SLS.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by takyon on Saturday October 08 2016, @12:21AM
On Mars, there's very little margin for waste or inefficiency. Designing a functioning Moon/Mars/Ceres/Europa habitat that doesn't need periodic resupply could teach valuable lessons that can be applied to Earth.
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