OT a bit - fly to the moon or Mars?

ManhattanMan wrote:
EridanMan wrote:

You continually speak of the danger of human space exploration as a
bad thing. I could not disagree more.


No really a bad thing, it just seems that the chance of surviving a
mistake or a bout of
Murphys Law has risen

damn spastic mouse -

as I was saying

It just seems the chance of surviving a serious mistake or round of Murphys
Law has increased ten fold when dealing with outer space, as compared to the
"old fashioned" ways. On terra firma you usually have some wiggle room,
literally, and possible alternatives, but up there the margin is cut way
down.

I'm all for manned missions when it's obvious that that's the only way we'll
get the desired results. Something like Mars in on a scale that by the time
the hardware and technology are ready, I really doubt if I'll be around to
see it, IF it comes about at all. It would be a fantastic adventure, for
adventures sake, but is it REALLY necessary? I don't know..

I realize many great things for the grounded masses evolved from the space
program, and mentioned that in my first post. I've always wondered how many
things might have evolved anyway, and at what cost.. We'll never know..