Re:Barack Obama: America Will Take the Giant Leap to Mars
by freyr on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @02:13PM
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> Trying to go to Mars is equivalent to the explorers in the 1500-1700s discovering other continents.
Except that explorers in the 1500-1700s didn't have unmanned ships or remote sensing capabilities, and manned travel was their one and only option for exploration. We've come a long way since then.
Except that explorers in the 1500-1700s didn't have unmanned ships or remote sensing capabilities, and manned travel was their one and only option for exploration. We've come a long way since then.