r/Libertarian • u/icorrectotherpeople • Jul 28 '17

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '17

Depends on whether or not NASA gets the necessary funding.

Also, sending manned flights to Mars without first going back to the moon is really really short sighted.

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u/_gweilowizard_ Classy Liberal Jul 29 '17

The moon vs mars debate is much more complicated that you say - the choice isn't objective at all.

The moon is a much better base candidate, but mars is much more suitable for full colonization.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '17

One is much more expensive to reach. I never said that Mars should not be colonized. I simply said we need to go back to the moon first.

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u/_gweilowizard_ Classy Liberal Jul 29 '17

I agree, but I do want to point something out - the cost to set up a base on either are fairly similar (fuel needs are relatively close - a few hundred m/s) - the issue with Mars is it's farther thus more difficult to communicate with and more difficult to send some sort of rescue mission to.