Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!
15-04-2010, 20:30
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Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!
Obviously it's going to take a while 
But it seems the wheels are in motion. Link when I find one.
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15-04-2010, 20:36
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re: Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!
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Originally Posted by Damien
Obviously it's going to take a while
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gotta ask the obvious question ....WHY?
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15-04-2010, 20:40
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re: Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!
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gotta ask the obvious question ....WHY?
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Science, Progress etc
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15-04-2010, 20:47
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re: Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!
He's clearly seen the end of Life on Mars US and plans to have it set up for when his daughter is President.
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15-04-2010, 20:48
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re: Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!
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Science, Progress etc
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Survival, we don't start laying the ground work now our race is doomed.....
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15-04-2010, 20:51
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re: Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!
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gotta ask the obvious question ....WHY?
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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.
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15-04-2010, 20:53
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re: Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!
Roll on Total Recall!
Get your ass to Mars, Get your ass to Mars, Get your ass to Mars...
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15-04-2010, 20:54
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re: Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!
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Originally Posted by Damien
.... Link when I find one.
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How about this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8623691.stm
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15-04-2010, 20:57
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re: Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!
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Survival, we don't start laying the ground work now our race is doomed.....
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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.
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15-04-2010, 20:59
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re: Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!
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...look beyond the confines of our little world and look at what is above our horizons.
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To pollute new environments, to make extinct new species... to boldly go where no man has gone before!
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15-04-2010, 21:03
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re: Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!
No, but perhaps to go boldly though........ 
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15-04-2010, 21:10
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re: Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!
I think this is great news!   
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, 
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15-04-2010, 21:12
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re: Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!
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No, but perhaps to go boldly though........ |
... to split infinitives, to further change the grammar of the English language...
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15-04-2010, 21:25
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re: Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!
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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.
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This isn't an attack on you and is really just an observation, but............................that sounds awfully familiar. Inter-planetary colonialism perhaps.
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15-04-2010, 21:29
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re: Obama announces Manned Mission to Mars!
By the mid 2030s, we'll all be wearing silver jumpsuits and flying about in hover cars. 
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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