“If NASA is Amtrak in space, then SpaceX is the Fyre Festival with rockets, a glamorous effort led by a hype man who promises that every logistical problem will melt away if we can just get people to the destination.”

#BARS! I’m reading this piece making the case against human exploration of #Mars, and it’s crushing my childhood dreams and also making too much sense. This line above though! Have you read the piece?

https://idlewords.com/2023/1/why_not_mars.htm

#space #nasa #spaceexploration

Why Not Mars (Idle Words)

@baratunde

But with saved costs of $100 billion per Mars mission, maybe we can think of some new, practical dreams that are even more wonderful than those from our childhood? Systems to empower humanity?

Let China get to Mars first, if necessary. As long as we're demonstrating how the ideals of equality and democracy are meant to work, the world will be safer for our choices in the long run.