Martians are gonna get pissed

Please tell me you haven't converted to Scientology.

:D
 
While I am fascinated by the whole space exploration thing, I am just a little disgusted by the price tag.
2 point 5 BILLION dollars?
In this economic climate? With so may people going through such hardship?
I don't know if it's worth it just to find a few signs that some lifeform might have been there in the distant past.
 
Sure, MARS can have a sky crane. We can't even have flying cars.

:mad:
 
"Can you not see the city? ... the carnival lights?"

"This can mean only one thing. This has to do with time. You're a figment of the past."

Ray Bradbury was greatness.

He died just last month.
 
While I am fascinated by the whole space exploration thing, I am just a little disgusted by the price tag.
2 point 5 BILLION dollars?
In this economic climate? With so may people going through such hardship?
I don't know if it's worth it just to find a few signs that some lifeform might have been there in the distant past.

I think the point is to determine why Mars is no longer the planet it once was. We know there was water there at one time, but it is not known what happened to it. The answers could have ramifications for the future of earth.
 
While I am fascinated by the whole space exploration thing, I am just a little disgusted by the price tag.
2 point 5 BILLION dollars?
In this economic climate? With so may people going through such hardship?
Oh, pfft. Srsly.

That's a fraction of a percent of what the US government wastes every year.
 
Hey Byron, are you ignoring me? If not, check out the last post on the theme song thread.
 
I think the point is to determine why Mars is no longer the planet it once was. We know there was water there at one time, but it is not known what happened to it. The answers could have ramifications for the future of earth.

Even so, we are talking about changes that likely took place over millions of years.
We have time to get around to looking at those questions.
But right now, when the US (for one) is adding debt and people are genuinely struggling because services are being cut, it doesn't make sense to me that the govt can't find a few million for a hospital, but can easily send a mini to a planet.
 
Sure, MARS can have a sky crane. We can't even have flying cars.

:mad:

Mars gets all the cool shit.
At one time there was a plan to send a space submarine to Europa. It would melt through the ice and then explore the ocean underneath.
How fucking cool is that?
And here we are with not even a jet pack or rocket skateboard.
 
Even so, we are talking about changes that likely took place over millions of years.
We have time to get around to looking at those questions.
But right now, when the US (for one) is adding debt and people are genuinely struggling because services are being cut, it doesn't make sense to me that the govt can't find a few million for a hospital, but can easily send a mini to a planet.

I'd prefer they send rovers to Mars rather than give out more welfare.
 
Even so, we are talking about changes that likely took place over millions of years.
We have time to get around to looking at those questions.
But right now, when the US (for one) is adding debt and people are genuinely struggling because services are being cut, it doesn't make sense to me that the govt can't find a few million for a hospital, but can easily send a mini to a planet.

Yeah, let's just stop all that silly science stuff. Who needs it?
 
Oh, pfft. Srsly.

That's a fraction of a percent of what the US government wastes every year.

All waste pisses me off a little.... but this is a very visible expense.
There'd be more than a few people hearing about this, and wondering why it's more important than a new ward at the local over-crowded hospital or better teacher training or even a new soup kitchen.
 
i never understood it myself. fix shit here first before running around in the universe planting flags.
 
Mars gets all the cool shit.
At one time there was a plan to send a space submarine to Europa. It would melt through the ice and then explore the ocean underneath.
How fucking cool is that?
And here we are with not even a jet pack or rocket skateboard.

Yeah, right?

In other news, some old fart says Area 51 was real. Of course, thugh, he's hawking a book.
 
As long as they brought coins for the parking meters.
 
All waste pisses me off a little.... but this is a very visible expense.
There'd be more than a few people hearing about this, and wondering why it's more important than a new ward at the local over-crowded hospital or better teacher training or even a new soup kitchen.

You've never actually been to the US, have you?
 
Yeah, right?

In other news, some old fart says Area 51 was real. Of course, thugh, he's hawking a book.

I didn't know there was a question of it being real or not. I thought it was more about what they were doing there.
 
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