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There are still huge advantages in testing off-world tech in a place where it takes 3 days rather than 7 months to get there. Are you advocating that we try to
by aeternum 6y ago
There are still huge advantages in testing off-world tech in a place where it takes 3 days rather than 7 months to get there.
Are you advocating that we try to go straight to Mars rather than testing (some) things out on the moon first?
- valuearb 6y agoYes, because testing on the moon won’t tell us much about how things work on Mars. Having the test environment closer is obviously beneficial, but only if the tests are predictive. We are better off testing in Antarctica, given it being a much closer environmental match for Mars.