Tito planning Mars flyby!

[rjben]

Sorry if this is a double post but an article in the times outlines 2018 plan for mars flyby using SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon crew vehicle. Sounds a tad optimistic but good on the guy for setting his aims so high!

The article mentions that he's a 'multi-millionaire', I would have thought 'multi-billionaire' would be a prerequisite to even entertain such ideas. Is this destined to cancelation / failure / expectation readjustment?

Cheers,

Rob

[rjben]

What have you got to lose!?

[rjben]

I think it scores high from the perspective of bettering survivability and making steps into local space. Coversely I think it gives weight to the argument of cost effectiveness, doing it for the sake of it rather than man kinds advancement.