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We 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 str
by visakanv 12y ago
We 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.