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		ceejayoz on Nov 10, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All Dressed Up for Mars and Nowhere to Go > To put this in context, the state of California estimates the cost of high-speed rail from SF to LA at ~$50B. Mars One is pretty silly, but a significant portion of that $50B cost is because they need long, straight lines and as such will have to seize and reimburse a lot of very expensive real estate, isn't it?

jordanpg on Nov 10, 2014 [–]

I don't know, it was just the first thing I thought of.

Here are dozens of projects that make me chuckle about the naivete of the $6B figure:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_megaprojects

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