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> And with regards to rockets, there's a reason why sensible people pulled the plug on the Apollo program, there is nothing for us up there Just ~infinite area
by arcticfox 3y ago
> And with regards to rockets, there's a reason why sensible people pulled the plug on the Apollo program, there is nothing for us up there
Just ~infinite area and resources and energy and ability to dominate the Earth from a physics standpoint?
- Zigurd 3y agoShatner's reaction to his suborbital ride sums it up. "Everything I had thought was wrong. Everything I had expected to see was wrong." The Mars rover and helicopter are much more of a contribution to knowledge than the tremendous expense of sending a human to Mars, and taking them home again. I suspect we will find that's something a human can just barely endure. Commercialization of space is a scifi fantasy, nevermind "colonization."