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rspeer on Dec 2, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: NASA: We're sending humans to Mars

You still have to match velocity with the fuel. Crashing into your fueling station at 10000 km/h doesn't help anything.

LyndsySimon on Dec 2, 2014 [–]

Actually... it completely solves the problem of the return trip.

spb on Dec 3, 2014 | [–]

Somebody needs to teach NASA to embrace Crash-Only Design.

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