Re: ....Question? Have They Found a Reason to go 'To the Moon and Mars' Yet???


Scott Hedrick wrote:
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You're assuming there is something interesting enough on the Moon or
Mars to be worth sending a manned mission

It's not an assumption. The Moon and Mars exist- that alone makes them
interesting enough. Your failure to see that says a lot about you.

Not everything that exists is interesting.

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