Water on Mars!...................
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I also think having a satellite in every single acre of sky is way stupid. The amount of space trash up there is incredible.
It was a divine gift that our astronauts back in the day had so few casualties, and that no Americans are out there frozen like popsicles, something we could all ponder when looking out at a beautiful sky.
Going to Mars is especially stupid, you can get triaxles full of the same dirt by just going to Georgia.
Robots and remote control devices could, I suppose, accomplish whatever was needed science-wise.
I would hope that a lot of the intellectual evolution of mankind going forward would allow people to understand what a fool's errand manned space flight is.
And how we just don't have the money for it. We really don't.
While there MIGHT be water on Mars, locked deep in the soil, the billions (trillions) of dollars it would take to find a single cup makes it a jobs for future generations, maybe.
Getting to that water would require some “heavy lifting” flights to Mars to transport and land the drilling equipment needed to reach the water. Then there would be the need for the energy supply(ies) to power that heavy equipment.
Knowing it - the water - is there does not solve many issues about getting to it.