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.

Originally Posted by VApeople (Post 2305441)

No, I think Mars is very nice just as it is.

Those of us who love Mars don't want humans to move in and screw it up like they did to poor old Earth.

Skip our beautiful planet and give Jupiter a try. I never liked that bossy big planet anyway.

Originally Posted by shaw8700@outlook.com (Post 2305455)

There’s no way people are going go to Mars, not now or ever.

Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 2305475)

Unless we become a space going race we die when the sun expires.

Originally Posted by jebartle (Post 2305444)

Loooooooong way off, it took 50 years to land on moon AGAIN!

Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 2305475)

Unless we become a space going race we die when the sun expires.

Originally Posted by shaw8700@outlook.com (Post 2305455)

There’s no way people are going go to Mars, not now or ever.

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.

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.

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?

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?

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.

Originally Posted by Dusty_Star (Post 2305701)

Of course we will travel to Mars, & beyond.

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?

Originally Posted by Byte1 (Post 2305722)

Kind of stupid to put folks up there before installing habitats to will be self-sustaining. First thing that should be done is send up equipment and supplies to terraform the planet to make it habitable. It's going to need oxygen producing vegetation and in order to sustain vegetation, it must have a source of water. Even if they start now, it won't happen in my lifetime, so it really doesn't matter to me. That's a lot of money that will be potentially thrown away, that could be better used here. Of course, if Elon Musk wishes to throw his money into the wind, it's his to do with as he wishes.
But, as for sending folks up there on a sight seeing trip, it seems to be costly and very, very dangerous.

Originally Posted by Byte1 (Post 2305722)

Kind of stupid to put folks up there before installing habitats to will be self-sustaining. First thing that should be done is send up equipment and supplies to terraform the planet to make it habitable. It's going to need oxygen producing vegetation and in order to sustain vegetation, it must have a source of water. Even if they start now, it won't happen in my lifetime, so it really doesn't matter to me. That's a lot of money that will be potentially thrown away, that could be better used here. Of course, if Elon Musk wishes to throw his money into the wind, it's his to do with as he wishes.
But, as for sending folks up there on a sight seeing trip, it seems to be costly and very, very dangerous.

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 2305739)

Back when we were much younger much more dangerous to sail from Europe to America.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2305450)

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids. In fact, it's cold as hell. And there's no one there to raise them, if you did.

Originally Posted by Dusty_Star (Post 2305701)

Of
course we will travel to Mars, & beyond.