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If I were an Astronaut, I'd rather see Pluto than Mars. If you managed to figure out how to survive the extremes of Mars over an extended time, you probably wil
by workitout 11y ago
If I were an Astronaut, I'd rather see Pluto than Mars. If you managed to figure out how to survive the extremes of Mars over an extended time, you probably will already know what you need to survive Pluto long term too. That's where it's at, the edge of our Solar System; a launch point for intergalactic travel. Launch from Earth then keep hitting the engines to build speed, cutting the travel time to Pluto from years down to weeks. Orbital slowdown would also probably take several weeks.
- IndianAstronaut 11y agoThat makes a lot of sense. If we manage to get to Pluto in weeks and survive there, we may stand a chance at interstellar travel. Mars in that sense tells us little.
- ant6n 11y agoThere's nothing much interesting at Pluto. And it won't ever be a stop-over for interstellar travel, because stopping doesn't make sense. Also, intergalactic travel won't happen any time soon.