Ares from the Mars trilogy may be built! Or at least a verson of it.

[tetra]

<a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/134402157_hotelmars09.html">http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...telmars09.html</a>

<i>Aldrin's hotel would be built from unused space-shuttle external fuel tanks. They are cylinders 154 feet long — about twice the length of an Amtrak passenger car — and 28 feet in diameter</i>

[wet1]

That's something I would like to see done. At least there is a reasonable concept to do it.

[Avatar]

the most logical thing to develop and make. it would be a lot cheapet thn single mission launches in long term too.

[Fukushi]

By the time the thing is built there will be other means of transportation so cheap,....and usable, conveniant anough to have a go and come-back in one day