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>We have spent billions putting robots on mars and we have literally nothing to show for it. This kind of anti-intellectualism is really inexcusable. We've gai
by tstactplsignore 9y ago
>We have spent billions putting robots on mars and we have literally nothing to show for it.
This kind of anti-intellectualism is really inexcusable. We've gained an enormous amount of knowledge from the rover expeditions to Mars over the years[1], and nobody should apologize that the previous expeditions didn't meet your specific science fiction fantasies. We can agree that we'd both love more funding for more missions to Mars, but your characterization of the earlier missions as useless is outrageous and uninformed.
[1] https://marsmobile.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/science/results/ https://marsmobile.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/science/results/
- timthelion 9y agoI agree. When we sent the first rover we knew nothing, really. There might even have been life there. We need more funding, but the caution of early space explorers was actually rather wise.
- samstave 9y agoI may have stated my point poorly. I agree that the caution is wise... but I guess I'm too hopeful that progress would be faster. Look we went from not having the technology of flight to landing on the freaking moon within 60 years. Why would we have stopped that rate of progress?
- pizza 9y agoGP's comment is what people are calling anti-intellectualism these days?