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Re:Would von Braun's Mars Landers Have Worked? by adrianN on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @04:09AM (#39451664)
It’s a lot harder to build a sufficiently complex robot than to send a human.
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Re:Would von Braun's Mars Landers Have Worked? by ffgjgf1 on Thursday February 22, 2024 @09:03AM (#39467193)
If it’s a one way trip then perhaps, otherwise that’s not obvious to me at all.

And in any case if the only purpose of sending humans to Mars is to prove that we can, why go the easiest and most unethical route?

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