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Except, going to Mars is not, in fact, science. Sending probe after probe is science, although it is getting pretty reflexive now, as very little remains to be
by ncmncm 4y ago
Except, going to Mars is not, in fact, science. Sending probe after probe is science, although it is getting pretty reflexive now, as very little remains to be learned from them.
- a-dub 4y agoyeah, maybe you're right. it does, however, seem to share something with basic science: it's an endeavor with no immediate or obvious value, yet expands the frontiers of knowledge and know-how for the species as a whole.
- dwaltrip 4y agoHumans can do much better science than a probe.
- ncmncm 4y agoFor the cost of sending and sustaining people there, probes could do overwhelmingly more than they have done. But there is little science of value left to do on Mars. They could have sent a microscope on any of the probes lofted, but chose against it.