“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 From what I have observed to date, no reason exists for a trip to Mars, unless we want to see what Earth will look like eventually. I prefer to remember Earth as it is, thank you.
@trainman @baratunde I mean it would either be scientific, like the moon landings, or a place for Elon to mistreat workers where they don't have labour laws. An international co-operative space effort like the iss would be great, but if it was at all science oriented, they would steer clear of Mars entirely. (and anything beyond the moon would be decades away)