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Next I would go for the Trojan Asteroids (those asteroids at the L4, L5 point between Jupiter
and the Sun) and moons of Jupiter and later Saturn. To get humans beyond Mars though
will take something better than chemical rockets. Enter Ion propulsion. This has to get
to be economical (which currently is not).
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I agree even to the point of saying chemical rockets are simply not good enough for any realistic space craft or even space travel in general. See my signature for the answer to our space travel needs, the nuclear light bulb rocket!
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I would even debate the idea of colonizing planets at all but that is another thread
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