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06-20-2008, 09:04 PM
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i hope there won't be a american manned mission back to the moon in the lifetime of anyone posting here, much less a far more difficult mars mission.
getting back to the moon will be about $100 billion in current dollars. even though the current administration has set the goal of returning by 2020, it has left the bulk of that spending for future administrations to figure out. i hope no one is going to spend that kind of money on a stunt we already pulled. there is no real reason for a manned space program at present. robots can do almost everything a human can accomplish in space for far less money. the space station flies around in near earth orbit and it's essential mission is studying the long term impact of space flight on humans. that doesn't really make sense. we spend billions studying the impact on humans of something far better suited for a machine? i'm a huge proponent of space exploration. there are more mars robots coming including a sample return mission. great. that makes sense. but the space station is a boondoggle. as is human flight to other planets. 
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#62
06-20-2008, 09:09 PM
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^^^Obviously not a Star Trek fan^^^^
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#63
06-20-2008, 09:14 PM
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Yes but I basically share the same opinion as God.
The cost associated with sending people now is crazy. Most of the money goes to keeping people alive. Dont put people up, the cost becomes very doable.
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#65
06-20-2008, 09:19 PM
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We will eventually put people on Mars. If we dont blow ourselves up first.
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#68
06-21-2008, 07:42 PM
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Live long and prosper my friend. 
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#70
06-21-2008, 08:07 PM
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Beam me up Morty!
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#72
06-21-2008, 08:29 PM
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Honey I'm in STAGE 5.
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#73
06-21-2008, 08:31 PM
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Tell you son to follow his dream Deb.
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06-21-2008, 09:17 PM
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Uh-oh. NOW what do I do!!!??? I never had a stage 5'er before!! I need instruction books!!....yes..that's the ticket. I must get back to the whatya thread.
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#76
06-22-2008, 07:47 PM
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Now, scientists will be able to tackle the main question they hope to answer: Did the ice ever melt and turn Mars into a habitable place?
While Mars is too cold for liquid water, in the past, if its axis occasionally tipped over, the polar regions might have warmed above freezing during the summer. -NY Times I dont get this part. The water would have to be in another form other than solid at sometime during the history of this planet. It had to be very hot for some amounnt of time after its formation just like the earth but not quite as hot cause its a bit smaller. It still had to be hot enough the water was gas and then liquid. I thought the question would be how long did it remain in the liquid form before turning solid. 
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#78
06-22-2008, 08:01 PM
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bump
As I might get an explaination.
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#80
06-22-2008, 08:17 PM
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bump
please let this stay Morton I beg of you. Just in case someone looks back and finds an explaination.
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