/sci/ - Science & Math

>Electric Mars

This is very interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_T6__JDeyw

Why didn't they take a video recording device to Mars? I know there isn't much to see, but surely it wouldn't even cost that much compared to the rest of the project? How awesome would it be to see recorded film of a different planets atmosphere? Just to even be able to witness something like that.

Fuck you NASA.

it was an electrical discharge so great that it blasted rock all over the surface of mars and into space forming phobos, we even have meteorites here on earth that came from mars

What do you think the future holds for mars?

McLane says the main reason NASA hasn't been able to focus on a human mission to Mars is simple: NASA doesn't get nearly enough money. "This has been the case for many years," he said. "They didn't get enough money to fix problems with the shuttle, and they've always been chronically short of money. How we fund NASA is a big handicap, since every year, NASA has to go begging to Congress for funds and justify their budget. The Chinese space program, on the other hand, has an advantage in that they budget their projects in five-year increments. If we really want to go somewhere, we'll have to change how NASA gets its money."

But McLane thinks NASA is at fault for not even considering a one-way mission to Mars. "For over forty years they've studied all sorts of options, but haven't admitted to ever looking at a one-way mission to Mars," he said. "We shouldn't be stuck on this rock forever. I believe it's in our human nature to try to go somewhere else, and we've almost worn this world out. I think now is the time to reach out and go somewhere else to start with a clean slate. There is no reason not to try."