Episode three covered a number of interesting topics including:
- Why SpaceX only reuses the first stage of the Falcon 9.
- What SpaceX Mars colonisation logistics may look like.
- Fuel options on Mars (Methane or Hydrogen) and tradeoffs between the two.
- Who might be the first people to go to Mars? SpaceX Engineers / NASA astronauts.
- Mars collaboration going forward with ESA, JSA, China, and others.
- Ion engines and “going the long way around” to Mars, to reach it outside of transfer windows.
- Why asteroid mining from Mars is more appealing than from Earth.
- Comparing the discovery of the Americas to Mars exploration.
Plenty to ponder. Check it out.
