a thread on mars. by saz.

[Saz]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/28/us/mars-n ... index.html

SUCK IT PUTIN! We own the moon and now we own mars. Finders keepers. Obama needs to make sure there is a soaking wet American flag planted on that planet before the end of his term.

[John Galt]

This is fantastic news.

I went to huston this summer and toured mission controls. saw the new orion project stuff, and how there will be a 4 person team in 15 years supposedly going off to mars. i'm skeptical but this... surface water ups habitability significantly. we can get there and get more water. this will help sustain the push to get there

[spacemonkey]

We better learn to care for this planet before we try to care? for another.

[Indy]

[jimmyz]

Who knew that Mars was affected by global warming.

[John Galt]

what do you mean by "care"? have an interest in? so unless we "take better care", whatever that means, we can't be interested in other places? or do you mean we can't "care" about it in the same way we should "care" for earth? well no one is suggesting that. there's no endangered species there, there's no natives, it's just open land for anyone to take and exploit. why shouldn't we? wouldn't it make more sense to care about earth by exploiting other planets so we don't have to do so here? with lower gravity and a closer position to the asteroid belt, mars will be a great place to send back materials for processing before we send them back to earth as needed

[Indy]

He means: how exciting that we can go to another planet and ruin it, like we've done to our own.

[John Galt]

[Philly]

[Saz]