re: NASA Orion Question

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Am I the only one that thinks that landing a man on Mars is perhaps the dumbest idea man has come up with? Especially since we already know without a doubt that it's uninhabitable? Landing on the moon was different with it being....well; our moon

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Respectfully I disagree. In a broad sense, man needs to push the limits of his ability. It seems like a waste of time and money, but a few generations from now, the ability to zip around the solar system will be routine. Looking far out into the future, Earth will not be the same place it is today. In several billion years, it will be uninhabitable. And, if man has not already exterminated himself, the sun will eventually end life here on this planet. Sooooo, wouldn't that mean that finding ways to escape this world mean the continuation of mankind? I say yes.