/sci/ - Science & Math

You are about to be the first person to set foot on Mars. What do you say? What can top Neil Armstrong's quote?

I'm not a very sciencey guy, but I recently had an argument with my buddy. He said that it's way harder and more expensive to send a probe to mars than it is to send a manned vessel. His defence was that there are so much electronics and different circuits and gizmos in probes that can break easily upon landing. I thought it was retarded.

which one of us was right?

There are more and more people coming around to the point of view that a positive future for humanity requires human expansion to space. Mars is the next logical step in our space program. It has water, carbon, 24 hour day and geothermal energy. Mars is a place we can settle.

It shouldn't be humans to Mars in 50 years, it should be humans to Mars in 10. It's the challenge that's been staring us in the face for the past 30 years.

If you put out a call for volunteers for the first crew to Mars they'd be lined up coast to coast.

One of my buddies tried once to convince me that a manned mission to mars is much cheaper than just a probe sended to mars. When I asked why, he told me that "there's so much electro-mechanical parts and components in probe that could easily break down".

I think he's quite retard.

This is mars in 2010, if we weren't a fucktarded species