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Mars ... we should have been there, done that and gone on to the next task (imho).

Of course we have been there with numerous *unmanned* spacecraft.

Launches to Mars:

1960s, 13 [launches]
1970s, 11
1980s, 2
1990s, 8
2000s, 8
2010s, 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_Mars#Timeline

165 posted on 09/27/2012 5:24:23 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)

Problem is mankind can only truly discover if there. Robots are good but insufficient with the calculation compiled by a human. Lenses and robots sometimes go right by an object and that object may hold a key. Mankind is guilty of doing the same, but not to degree mankind is limited by counting on a robot to do the job, when mankind may see or sense something (if there) the human on Earth may tell the robot to miss because back here on Earth the object appears uninteresting. Too many variables relating to being there verses being here.

167 posted on 09/27/2012 5:41:18 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)