Re: Obama eliminates NASA's funds for manned lunar missions
....we really should try colonizing Mars because it will prove that long distance space travel is possible (as in possibly sending astronauts who don't come back) as well as surviving on a planet with no magnetic field to bombard unwanted radiation.
People are really shortsighted. You need to make your boat float before you can sail across the sea. Mars is a step on a long journey that will mark huge progress for humanity.
Prof S has made some good points in this thread, most of which I agree with.
I will say that at some point we are going to have to try making babies in space. It will be interesting to see how a human develops in a weightless environment.
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