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> Poor understanding of physics are exemplified everywhere these days. Please allow me to quote former vice president Dan Quayle... https://en.wikiquote.org/w
by DannyB2 7y ago
> Poor understanding of physics are exemplified everywhere these days.
Please allow me to quote former vice president Dan Quayle...
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dan_Quayle https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dan_Quayle
Mars is essentially in the same orbit. … Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.
- not_a_cop75 7y agoOxygen can be harvested from the water, so in that sense he's not wrong. It seems like everyone wants to make every politician into an idiot.
- antonvs 7y agoThe Mariner 4 probe showed that there were no canals on Mars, and no open water, by 1965. Quayle's knowledge on the subject was over two decades out of date at the time, and he was supposed to be in charge of the space initiative. Quayle was not a smart man, even by the standards of politicians.