[thepainster]

That sounds like a worthy plan to me. However, it is hard for me to forget the emotion I felt when Armstrong walked on the moon. I was 12 years old at the time and living in England. I stayed up all night watching it on TV.

It was a different time back then and we were still in the middle of the cold war. Landing on the Moon and coming back was a great technological achievement for the USA and NASA. It captured the imagination of the nation and the world. Going to Mars would have the same effect today.

[kjam22]

You know... I don't really see the purpose in going to Mars. I don't see the benefit. That's why business isn't able to do it. There is no marketable benefit or profit. It satisfies the imagination of some, and that is the extent of the benefit.