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mtdjed 02-26-2024 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by jebartle (Post 2305444)
Loooooooong way off, it took 50 years to land on moon AGAIN!
And we have a broken Lander after 59 years of progress. How would you like to see that if you were on the Mars lander? Once was in attendance to a session with an astronaut. I recall his comment regarding confidence in mission success. He made a comment relating to hard to be 100% when all of the parts were made by the lowest bidder.

Taltarzac725 02-27-2024 12:03 AM
What is the temperature on Mars? | Space

They are going to need some kind of coats at minus 195 degrees F.

Absolute zero - Wikipedia

LuvNH 02-27-2024 06:55 AM
If, and that is a BIG if, we make it there I think we should turn it into an international penal colony. Putin should be first over the threshold, then politicians and so on and so forth down the line.

djlnc 02-27-2024 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 2305475)
Unless we become a space going race we die when the sun expires.
We are just an insignificant speck in the universe. Not a great loss.

BTW, the book Red Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson is the best scifi book I've ever read. Give it a try.

opinionist 02-27-2024 07:50 AM
There are people who have the spirit of adventure and would risk their lives to experience the unknown. I say let them go for it because Earth can be a hostile place at times. It is not much different than the colonists who came to America in search of a better life. Would anyone say that they made a mistake?

ThirdOfFive 02-27-2024 07:50 AM
No worries. With Elon calling the shots we’ll have a Mars colony by 2035 and will be mining the asteroid belt soon after.

As it should be.

Stu from NYC 02-27-2024 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by shaw8700@outlook.com (Post 2305455)
There’s no way people are going go to Mars, not now or ever.
Do you still believe the earth is flat an we will fall off?

Stu from NYC 02-27-2024 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by djlnc (Post 2305541)
We are just an insignificant speck in the universe. Not a great loss.

BTW, the book Red Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson is the best scifi book I've ever read. Give it a try.
Speak for yourself, we are a curious bunch of humans and can learn a lot by exploring.

Davonu 02-27-2024 09:27 AM
Whether we should or not is irrelevant...it's inevitable. Mankind is an explorer.

retiredguy123 02-27-2024 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2305595)
Speak for yourself, we are a curious bunch of humans and can learn a lot by exploring.
I agree that humans are curious. But, why is it that the American taxpayers always get stuck paying most of the costs for exploration? Aren't humans in other countries curious enough help fund the exploration?

villager7591 02-27-2024 09:31 AM
If possible, I would like to volunteer some crabby neighbors for Mars...

LuvNH 02-27-2024 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2305605)
I agree that humans are curious. But, why is it that the American taxpayers always get stuck paying most of the costs for exploration? Aren't humans in other countries curious enough help fund the exploration?
We always pay the bill because we want most of the proceeds. It all comes down to money, money, money in a rich man's world.

BigDawgInLakeDenham 02-27-2024 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2305605)
I agree that humans are curious. But, why is it that the American taxpayers always get stuck paying most of the costs for exploration? Aren't humans in other countries curious enough help fund the exploration?
Do you now have to address these Mars attracted individuals as "Mars curious":shrug:

fdpaq0580 02-27-2024 12:56 PM
We will go! Why? Because it is there!

mraines 02-27-2024 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by MacScuba (Post 2305397)
Jim Laurent will discuss travel to and habitation of the planet Mars and discuss the question of should this be undertaken.

Our regular room at Everglades is unavailable due to prep for early primary voting.
We will meet Tuesday March 5th and Riverbend Rec Center at 1:00PM
Riverbend Rec Center is at 1833 Corbin Trail, The Villages, FL, 33585 Only about a mile southeast of Everglades Rec Center.

Brought to you by The Villages Science and Technology Club - South. Open to all Villagers and guests. You will need your Villages (or Guest) ID card to enter. No club "membership" required.
Until we learn to clean up this planet, we should not be going anywhere.


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