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Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico by me_me_me on Thursday June 06, 2024 @10:56AM (#40598181)
> Pretty much, why do you think columbus set off? And he didn't even know if he'd actually find anything.

hahahah

Columbus set of because he wanted money, wealth for the crown. not because he was explorer.

Columbus, Vasco Da Gama, Cortez et al were not dreamers but entrepreneurs.

>> Landing and then what you plan a flag and die?

Nobody (within reasonable definition of nobody) wants to go to Everest to die on top. Nobody wants to dive to Marianas trench to get crush to death.

Who would go to Mars without a way back?

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Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico by trafficante on Thursday June 06, 2024 @11:32AM (#40598671)
>> Who would go to Mars without a way back?

For a reasonable chance of being forever immortalized as one of the first humans to step foot on another planet?

Granted, I myself will never get the opportunity so it’s easy for me to say “oh hell yes I’d sign up in a heartbeat”.

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