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Old 04-20-2010, 04:39 AM   #83 (permalink)
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C'mon, it's not as simple as "oh hey we've been there already we go back?"

If we're gonna ever have a successful manned mission to Mars we're gonna need stepping stones. Taking funding away from the Lunar program is like giving a big f*ck you to 40 or so years of progress, preparation and research.
As much as I think people going to Mars would be cool, I'm not really sure "it would be cool" is a valid enough reason to spend billions of dollars on something. As others have pointed out, there's a lot of scientific research that's a lot more important, even if it's less glamorous.
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