Assuming there would be a middle class and we didn’t destroy ourselves or ended up in a dystopia.

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksM
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    1 month ago

    Whenever there’s an engine available that is basically the space equivalent of a high-bypass turbo fan. Oh, and it’ll have to be powerful enough support single-stage-to-orbit.

    In other words: Whenever travel from the surface of the earth and to mars is cheap enough that a couple of hundred middle class people can fund the transit cost. Meaning, not any time soon.