Retturning To The Moon and Mars

[Unchainme]

Does anyone auctually want to see this happen?, I do I mean can you imagine how cool it would be if the made it to Mars within our lifetime.

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/2333main_MM_Image_Feature_19_rs4.jpg

And I thought Of The Perfect Tagline for it, THE MOON, WE BETEER GET THEIR BEFORE CHINA TAKES IT OVER. :)

Your Thoughts?

[Pink Spider]

It takes NASA 2 years to fix tiles..

I wouldn't think that they'd send a human to Mars in 2 lifetimes.

I'm waiting for deregulation.

[Nickdfresh]

I'd love to see it. It's time to mine the solar system for valuable natural resources instead of fucking up the place we live on...

PINK raises a very good point though; industry must make space mining profitable for it to be anything worth while in the long run.

[Mr Grimsdale]

Me too, I totally agree with the comment about the tiles.

Burt Rutans company made a good statement a few weeks ago, where they said it will only be through private enterprise that space travel and industry will become commonplace.

[Cathedral]

They have been doing a hell of a lot more than fixing tiles the last 2 years.

They have redesigned damn near everything outside of the shuttle itself.
Though i find a huge problem that construction on all of it goes to the lowest bidder.

Low cost sometimes compromises quality which directly relates to safety.