“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 welcome to the crushed dream zone.
I did my degrees in robotics and astrophysics 20 years ago, on the basis of a manned Mars mission around now.
I wanted to be on it.
Alas, at this rate we won't even see it in my lifetime, and I plan to live forever!