tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13736696.post-25992603336173590592008-03-17T20:04:00.000-07:002008-03-17T20:04:00.000-07:00Well spoken.<BR/><BR/>In response to your statement:<BR/><BR/><I>Moving out to Mars, I have to honestly say that most of the economic value-added I see in the early days is going to be cultural/entertainment, the kind of stuff that can be easily digitized and sent back home, but can you colonize Mars on a Hollywood budget?</I><BR/><BR/>I agree that Mars would be much more difficult to colonize, mainly due to the lack of "mega resources" (as in worth in the billions).<BR/><BR/>However, I do think the only thing Mars could offer the solar system would be its water, which may be easier to extract from the surface to the asteroid belt (since its much closer and its gravity is weaker than Earth's).<BR/><BR/>Provided Ceres is discovered to be as dry as a bone that is. <B>;-)</B><BR/><BR/>~Darnellcolonyworlds.comhttp://www.colonyworlds.com/noreply@blogger.com