15 mile (13 NM) flight from KEDC to AUS
~ 85 gallons (322 liters).
~ 571 lbs (259 kg) of jet fuel used.
~ $477 cost of fuel.
~ 0.8991 tons of CO2 emissions.
The technological hurdles that have to be cleared to send a manned mission to Mars are not currently surmountable by any institution, government or private, on the planet. We’re not even talking about colonizing here, just sending humans to Mars at all is currently fantasy with any technology that anybody on the planet has.
SpaceX will be bankrupted by the antics of Space Karen (a.k.a. Apartheid Edgelord) long before the first manned mission of any size makes it to Mars.
The technological hurdles that have to be cleared to send a manned mission to Mars are not currently surmountable by any institution, government or private, on the planet. We’re not even talking about colonizing here, just sending humans to Mars at all is currently fantasy with any technology that anybody on the planet has.
SpaceX will be bankrupted by the antics of Space Karen (a.k.a. Apartheid Edgelord) long before the first manned mission of any size makes it to Mars.