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"When you consider the dangers of just getting to Mars and how long that project will take, I suspect we are a century or two away." Compare how dangerous it wa
by bootload 11y ago
"When you consider the dangers of just getting to Mars and how long that project will take, I suspect we are a century or two away."
Compare how dangerous it was to set man on the Moon in the 60s to getting to Mars. Its just risk. You can manage risk. Getting there isn't the real problem. Staying alive is.
- SCAQTony 11y agoThe Moon shot was an awesome feat. If we threw our Iraq/Syria/Afghanistan budget perhaps we could overcome the logistical challenges, such as the massive amount of weight we would be sending. The food bulk, return fuel, zero-g health effects, cosmic ray brain damage and timing the return voyage.