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I don't see a reason for these useless and throwing life away experiences if the purpose is just making the astronauts used to isolation. I kind of get it if it

I don't see a reason for these useless and throwing life away experiences if the purpose is just making the astronauts used to isolation. I kind of get it if it's to study something psychological, but we have so many prisoners in almost the same conditions... After the moon, everything is just too far away to travel. We can study Mars very well with the robot approach. We're just throwing astronauts life away for our stupid need of putting Men in Mars, which I dare say is utterly pointless.

dandrews 17y ago
About "throwing lives away" - it's a volunteer gig, and there will always be people who will take risks that you won't. Jim McLane points out that the easiest part of mounting a one-way flight to Mars would be finding people to send.
coderdude 17y ago
Pointless? For all we know we will be the first species (anywhere in existence) to go to another planet. The prospect of stepping foot on an foreign planet blows my mind away. Before I get carried away, I'll just assume you're flamebaiting.