humans colonizing Mars....
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Originally Posted by WiLL
What do you think about spending billions of dollars researching and sending rovers to Mars?
... Some might think that the money could be better spent here at home.
... And another thing, what gives us the right to leave our own planet and claim another planet as ours?
... Some might think that the money could be better spent here at home.
... And another thing, what gives us the right to leave our own planet and claim another planet as ours?
edit > oh shnap, wilsel already beat me to it.
and really, isp james, you're generalizing so much, it's offensive.
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Originally Posted by ISP James
F that.... i think its stupid to spend so much cash on other planets... i absolutely dont see the point AT ALL. we have enough to deal with around here... running out of room on earth? anybody else ever driven through the midwest?
i wish these assholes would park the shuttle and lower my taxes.... but if they wont lower the taxes i still wish they would park the shuttle and spend my money on stuff that has a greater effect on my quality of life.
i wish these assholes would park the shuttle and lower my taxes.... but if they wont lower the taxes i still wish they would park the shuttle and spend my money on stuff that has a greater effect on my quality of life.
I mean come on... how can you look at NASA and say they are worthless, they gave us TANG!
Seriously though, lots of R&D and products have come about because of spinoffs of NASA and other space exploration. More will come and we will learn more too. If we don't explore, grow and learn... what's the point of humans?
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i dont see why we feel the need to always take over more more more.
i dont see us ever living on mars unless they can develop some way to live without oxygen which also means live without water.... not to mention that little detail about no gravity.... what about the fact that mars is even further from the sun than we are.... what kind of habitat would that be?
if i had the option of eliminating one gov't funded program, NASA would be gone in a second...
i believe that paying taxes is really just purchasing a share in public benefit... im not getting my share of space programs. when you arent satisfied with a product or service, what do you do? return the product or stop buying the service. well i want my money back.
i think it is especially stupid to continue spending money to go to the moon.... we spend millions of dollars to go to the moon way too often and we bring back a bunch of stupid rocks.... i can go to my driveway and get some rocks, i dont need to spend millions of dollars to do it, either.
i dont see us ever living on mars unless they can develop some way to live without oxygen which also means live without water.... not to mention that little detail about no gravity.... what about the fact that mars is even further from the sun than we are.... what kind of habitat would that be?
if i had the option of eliminating one gov't funded program, NASA would be gone in a second...
i believe that paying taxes is really just purchasing a share in public benefit... im not getting my share of space programs. when you arent satisfied with a product or service, what do you do? return the product or stop buying the service. well i want my money back.
i think it is especially stupid to continue spending money to go to the moon.... we spend millions of dollars to go to the moon way too often and we bring back a bunch of stupid rocks.... i can go to my driveway and get some rocks, i dont need to spend millions of dollars to do it, either.
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Originally Posted by reno96teg
spoken like a true ignoramus..
i guess if thats the way you see it but i dont imagine ever ihabiting mars.... for the reasons i mentioned above... if you think you can contrast those reasons, i certainly look forward to your argument.
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Originally Posted by ISP James
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i guess if thats the way you see it but i dont imagine ever ihabiting mars.... for the reasons i mentioned above... if you think you can contrast those reasons, i certainly look forward to your argument.
i guess if thats the way you see it but i dont imagine ever ihabiting mars.... for the reasons i mentioned above... if you think you can contrast those reasons, i certainly look forward to your argument.
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