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It was a great achievement to send humans to the moon, but I don't really see the point in going again. Or in sending humans to Mars. It won't be a place where
by arikrak 12y ago
It was a great achievement to send humans to the moon, but I don't really see the point in going again. Or in sending humans to Mars. It won't be a place where people can live. No matter what happens to Earth, there will still be areas on it (or in it) that are more habitable to life than anywhere else in the solar system (and beyond). We could spend more time exploring the inside of Earth (and maybe creating small colonies there) than on the moon or mars.
- visakanv 12y agoWe should go to Mars for the same reason we should climb Everest- because it is there. Neil Tyson has spoken very eloquently about this. Having something to strive for inspires people. It inspires children to become scientists, engineers, people who do something that nobody has ever done before, go somewhere that nobody has gone before. And that has untold, unimaginable benefits for all of humankind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUbOjZWjTLU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUbOjZWjTLU
- avmich 12y agoIf both robotics and human spaceflight will become cheap enough, even the fact that, say, robotic flights are fixed times cheaper won't matter. You don't always refuse to get a cup of coffee just because it's several times more expensive than some alternatives. The absolute difference is small enough for you to just ignore the fixed relative difference.