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Damien

15-04-2010 21:30

Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!

Obviously it's going to take a while :D

But it seems the wheels are in motion. Link when I find one.

martyh

15-04-2010 21:36

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35002005)

Obviously it's going to take a while :D

But it seems the wheels are in motion. Link when I find one.

gotta ask the obvious question ....WHY?

Damien

15-04-2010 21:40

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Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35002009)

gotta ask the obvious question ....WHY?

Science, Progress etc

cimt	15-04-2010 21:47

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He's clearly seen the end of Life on Mars US and plans to have it set up for when his daughter is President. :D

TheDaddy

15-04-2010 21:48

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35002011)

Science, Progress etc

Survival, we don't start laying the ground work now our race is doomed.....

Stuart

15-04-2010 21:51

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Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35002009)

gotta ask the obvious question ....WHY?

Why not? The last space race cost a lot of money, but was responsible for massive technical advances in all areas of life. Right from sunglasses (polarised lenses), through cooking (Teflon) to computing (massive advances in computing power and even the Relational Database was invented to help NASA keep track of parts).

There were also (I believe) advance in communications as well as a lot of others.

So, we profited even if the conspiracy theories about no one actually going to the moan (and I still believe they did) are correct.

Tezcatlipoca

15-04-2010 21:53

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Roll on Total Recall!

Get your ass to Mars, Get your ass to Mars, Get your ass to Mars...

TheNorm

15-04-2010 21:54

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35002005)

.... Link when I find one.

How about this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8623691.stm

Flyboy

15-04-2010 21:57

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 35002017)

Survival, we don't start laying the ground work now our race is doomed.....

Oddly enough, I agree with this. It is vital, in order for the human race to survive, that we continue to look beyond the confines of our little world and look at what is above our horizons.

TheNorm

15-04-2010 21:59

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Originally Posted by Flyboy (Post 35002028)

...look beyond the confines of our little world and look at what is above our horizons.

To pollute new environments, to make extinct new species... to boldly go where no man has gone before!

Flyboy

15-04-2010 22:03

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No, but perhaps to go boldly though........;)

Will21st

15-04-2010 22:10

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I think this is great news! :nworthy::clap::hyper:

Mankinds future doesn't just lie on Earth,but also in space,imo.
Who knows,there may even be contracts for the Brits somewhere in the program, :)

TheNorm

15-04-2010 22:12

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Originally Posted by Flyboy (Post 35002037)

No, but perhaps to go boldly though........;)

... to split infinitives, to further change the grammar of the English language...

Niles Crane

15-04-2010 22:25

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Originally Posted by Flyboy (Post 35002028)

Oddly enough, I agree with this. It is vital, in order for the human race to survive, that we continue to look beyond the confines of our little world and look at what is above our horizons.

This isn't an attack on you and is really just an observation, but............................that sounds awfully familiar. Inter-planetary colonialism perhaps.

Spectato

15-04-2010 22:29

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By the mid 2030s, we'll all be wearing silver jumpsuits and flying about in hover cars. :spin:

Cynic that I am, I do struggle to get excited about something so extraneous, that might or might not happen in 25+ years.

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