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exboyfil

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5. They will probably rob the unmanned missions which are far more

Reply to hunter (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 27, 2025, 10:43 AM

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effective at collecting scientific information. As far as Mars goes, its only real interest is the possibility of detecting life (either current or past). The jackpot would be living examples on non-panspermic life - that would revolutionize everything. Otherwise it would be great to know (panspermic life or fossils). I think we could do all that exploration with robots and AI. We don't need boots on the ground on Mars.

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Is a Mars mission going to happen? As soon as Mexico pays for the border wall. [View all] Jilly_in_VA Monday OP

Not convinced we will even have a manned moon landing by 2033 exboyfil Monday #1

"We'll get over it." Swede Monday #2

Musk the grifter king has convinced the fuckwit king to give him even more of our tax dollars. hunter Monday #3

They will probably rob the unmanned missions which are far more exboyfil Monday #5

The Stars and Stripes has been on Mars since... Hugin Monday #4

What blows me away is that the life experiments yielded ambiguous results exboyfil Monday #6

Good point. Hugin Monday #7

The moon landing brought significant technical advances Klarkashton Monday #8