Re: starship-design: The Way ahead & Bugs

[A West <andrew@hmm.u-net.com>]

>I also agree. Interstellar travel is very taxing on resources, and I don't
think
>it is reasonable to send a two-way expedition. There is acceleration and
>deceleration, and then another acceleration and deceleration. If you are
sending
>people to another star, why just scout and then return them at over twice the
>cost and complexity, when you can just send colonists on a one-way mission?

I completely disagree.
how do you sell this to the media?
You need the vast majority of the public to support you, you'r eprobably
the reason their taxes are now 30% higher.

Andrew West