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planetling
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Of course everybody has a pet project that they would like to see completed. Everything costs money, but in the grand scheme science usually has a way to pay for itsself as consumer goods that have resulted from such science become available (teflon, microwave ovens, velcro, etc).
The newest Large Haldon Collider cost in the neighborhood of $ 9 billion US. This is roughly 1 quart of beer for only half the population of the US. This would put a figure on a manned mission to Mars at about 2 quarts of beer for the entire population of the US. If an international effort were made, depending on the number of countries involved, that number could approach only mere pennies per tax paying person.
The technology is there, especially if we were to concentrate our efforts in the same way that we did with the first manned mission to the Moon.
Why is a manned mission to Mars not taken more seriously? I can understand the political reasons, but govt. combined with private sector, along with other counties participation, wouldn't there be enough support and money to see this through within the next decade?
Thinking of all the people that would be employed by such effort also makes sense, as this would help to stimulate not only the US economy, but Europe and other nations facing the same economic hardships (?).
The newest Large Haldon Collider cost in the neighborhood of $ 9 billion US. This is roughly 1 quart of beer for only half the population of the US. This would put a figure on a manned mission to Mars at about 2 quarts of beer for the entire population of the US. If an international effort were made, depending on the number of countries involved, that number could approach only mere pennies per tax paying person.
The technology is there, especially if we were to concentrate our efforts in the same way that we did with the first manned mission to the Moon.
Why is a manned mission to Mars not taken more seriously? I can understand the political reasons, but govt. combined with private sector, along with other counties participation, wouldn't there be enough support and money to see this through within the next decade?
Thinking of all the people that would be employed by such effort also makes sense, as this would help to stimulate not only the US economy, but Europe and other nations facing the same economic hardships (?).