Today's astronauts do not have to spend the rest of there lives cooped up together. A whole different issue.
I would think that if the technology is available, the Antarctic and our deserts would be a great place to start. At least they have air.
I see that probably the biggest reason in doing the Mars thing is "because it is there". The problem with that philosophy is that no one lives at the top of the Himalayan. It was cool to get there, but let us go home where it is warm and comfy now and have a beer while watching the football games.
I would think that if the technology is available, the Antarctic and our deserts would be a great place to start. At least they have air.
I see that probably the biggest reason in doing the Mars thing is "because it is there". The problem with that philosophy is that no one lives at the top of the Himalayan. It was cool to get there, but let us go home where it is warm and comfy now and have a beer while watching the football games.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
