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Is there any more reason to go to Mars than to go to the Moon?
by baggy_trough 7y ago
Is there any more reason to go to Mars than to go to the Moon?
- duckymcduckface 7y agoIt's easier to settle: more gravity, more atmospheric pressure, more resources and we haven't been there yet. Plenty of reasons to go to the moon as well but nothing that could inspire a generation like a Mars mission could.
- BurningFrog 7y agoI think the Moon is vastly easier to settle since Earth is just a few days away, as opposed to 1-2 years. That beats every other consideration, ease-wise.
- kart23 7y agoMeteorites will be a serious problem. Theres no atmosphere on the moon, which means everything gets through.
- BurningFrog 7y agoDoes the super this Martian atmosphere do a much better job? I suppose it handles the sand grain sized ones at least, and they might be 99% of the problem. IDK. Either way, I think any full time habitats will have to be underground ob both Moon and Mars because of the radiation.
- redis_mlc 7y agoThere's no reason to send manned missions to either. Well, except for the infantile HNer dream to get a free ride, someday, somehow.
- hazz99 7y agoWhy is it infantile to want to experience life on another planet/moon?
- BurningFrog 7y agoI think both have the Everest reason: They're there!!
- MahlerFive 7y agoHere's a great answer to that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Mu8qfVb5I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Mu8qfVb5I
- Ancalagon 7y agoExcellent excellent excellent speech. Thank you so much for sharing that video!