[KevinDavis]

Kevin Davis: We should colonize Alpha Centauri instead of Mars..

[KevinDavis]

[americanophile]

I think we should colonize Mexico.

[Dallas59]

With what we have in the Whitey House...we should be apologizing for going to the Moon first....It wasn’t fair./s

[OCC]

I think Space:1999 settled the answer why we should not set up shop on the Moon. We would just eff things up, as us humans usually do... on to Mars!

[smokingfrog]

They don't want us to discover that secret UFO base on the far side of the moon.

'PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS.'

[Woebama]

Pah. Don’t think small. Let’s colonize Andromeda.

[Mr. Mojo]

"Forget the Moon and Mars, my fellow Americans. I aiming straight for Uranus."

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Just think, if we got Tang and Velcro from the Moon missions, what incredibly amazing consumer product might
we get from mars??????? /s

[cripplecreek]

Well I’d sure like to see much better propulsion. Something that can make even one tenth of light speed would put alpha centauri within a generation.

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

I have a better idea.

We should focus on issues here on this planet. this country is broke and screwed up so much that it will take a miracle to put us back together.

we have no money to spend on space, sorry Buzz.

[taxtruth]

Captain Kirk should have a little talkypoo with buzz to explain to him he sounds a little spaced out to people.Maybe Buzz should take a solo mission and report back.

[Vaquero]

yup Alpha Centauri and use atomic explosion propulsion as designed by Freeman Dyson.

[Gator113]

I no longer believe that we will make it to Mars. We are devolving. Simply look at what’s in power.

Libs are the best proof there is to demonstrate that human brains are on their way back to Neanderthals. No brains=no road trip to Mars.

[G Larry]

Hey Buzz, as someone who’s been in the Space Biz almost as long as you, there is no constituency for either.

The cost of sending robots is about 10% - 20% sending of men, depending on whether the robot needs to return or not.

The marginal gain is not worth the marginal difference.

Obama has already allocated that money to making people dependent on the government to ensure a permanent voting block. There is no room for productive pursuits.

[Tanniker Smith]

Buzz wants to be the first man on Mars and Armstrong strongarmed his way into the number one position on the Moon.

[JoeProBono]

[colorado tanker]

I’m good with Mars. Whatever the first objective is gonna be, let’s get on with it. Low Earth orbit is so yesterday. We’ve figured this out already.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

I disagree. The logistics of space travel have not changed in my 53 years. In time order, we need:

1) A permanently settled, useful space station, that can be used for manufacturing of spacecraft. This SS can also provide solar power, beamed to the earth to pay for everything else.
2) Permanent lunar station. This would be used for mining and getting raw materials for manufacturing space craft.
3) Interplanetary craft to be built—either from the SS or the lunar station. I’ll let the engineers figure that one out.
4) Good scouting and planning trips to Mars to test our IP technology. These would all be robotic.
5) Manned trip to Mars, with the plan to build a permanent station their.

This is like island hopping in WW II—only years between each step. We haven’t accomplished step one yet.