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Originally Posted by scottmandue
I understand we want to go...
It is just that in space travel weight is the enemy and the weight of the life support systems alone needed to get to Mars are totally impractical.
That and the chance of anyone surviving the trip are very low, I'm sure people would line up for the mission. Odd that we would sponsor a program where the participants will most certainly die.
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This isn't quite true....
are you saying that a human cannot survive the trip to Mars? True, there will be substantial muscle loss due to being in micro gravity. NASA has learned a great deal of information about what will happen to the human body. Are we ready for it yet? Not at all. Will it happen in my lifetime? Certainly.
Manifest destiny.
That's why we gotta go.