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Well it looks like I'm going to be dead by the time they send something interesting there. Back in the days of Apollo, they risked a hell of a lot in the name
by meaty 14y ago
Well it looks like I'm going to be dead by the time they send something interesting there.
Back in the days of Apollo, they risked a hell of a lot in the name of exploration. It'd be nice to see the same spirit applied to Mars.
- takluyver 14y agoMy inner devil's advocate says: is that the spirit of spending massive amounts of money on one-upmanship and buying votes* ? ;-) In reality, I don't have a strong opinion on this. It would be amazing to see humans reach Mars in my lifetime, but I can see why governments aren't pouring money into it. * From the Wikipedia page Moon Landing: "Mindful that the Apollo Program would economically benefit most of the key states in the next election—particularly his home state of Texas because NASA's base was in Houston—Johnson championed the Apollo program."