A Challenge to Get to Mars and Back

Townhall.com ^ | December 25 | Suzanne Fields

[Mark was here]

We no longer poses the technology to go to the moon. The need for 100% diversity coupled with the need for 100% safety, has put space travel out of reach.

[Bryanw92]

>>We no longer poses the technology to go to the moon. The need for 100% diversity coupled with the need for 100% safety, has put space travel out of reach.

Well said. The “Right Stuff” is now defined as the right skin color.

[mylife]

Its a risk I would personally take

[rockrr]

You’re right - “The Right Stuff” has been supplanted by “Free stuff”.

[mylife]

On to the stars!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6vEBhjr1KI

[cripplecreek]

Seems to me that those who really want real space exploration should be quite pleased with Ted Cruz who is chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Science, Space, and Competitiveness (which oversees NASA). Cruz wants NASA to stop screwing around with global warming BS and studying the earth so they can get back on mission.

[TalBlack]

The gods of the strivers in this guys story are nerd tech and math skills. Good luck with that.

[Caipirabob]

How about a challenge to get our nation back from socialists first. I cannot fathom one more massive government project with an unlimited budget while we are 19 billion in debt.

I say NO to this. Fix our government, fix our tax code, eliminate obozocare in favor of free market interstate reforms, force other nations into trade deals that are truly fair and eliminate the ability of foreigners to take jobs away from Americans.

Then I'll care about what happens on Mars. For now EARTH FIRST!

[Flag_This]

"Mars will come to fear my botany powers."

Shouldn't that be "botanical"?

[SandRat]

Even if it results my being “SPACED” trying to get there or coming back.

[repentant_pundit]

motivate a generation of young people to see the value of studying math and science

We've been seeing this statement for 40 years. Fat lot of good it did.

Why should American "young people" spend 4 years and $$$ jumping thru all the math hoops, just to see H1B Visa muzzies and other foreigners taking over all U.S. technology jobs for stagnant wages ?

As a former engineer, I saw it happen multiple times and places since 2008.

Continuing the NASA monopoly on space exploration makes no more sense today than it would to have them to run all the airlines.

Bezos and Musk are the today's hope for space travel. And as for scientific research / explorataion, let the universities, billionaires, and private foundations manage and fund it.

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[Cecily]

NASA needs to figure out how to send sturdy robots to places like Mars to do the initial exploring via remote control - robots that can walk, cover more ground and do more tasks than the Rover.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Excellent. I’m stealing it. :o)

[ETL]

Sheila Jackson Lee (Democrat)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
From Texas's 18th district

On a visit to the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 2005, Jackson Lee made embarrassing news by asking if the Mars Pathfinder had taken an image of the flag planted there in 1969 by Neil Armstrong.[2]

Prior to the 110th Congress, Jackson Lee served on the House Science Committee and on the Subcommittee that oversees space policy and NASA.

http://web.archive.org/web/20100409095818/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Jackson_Lee

[mylife]

A risk I would take

[bigbob]

It will happen through the efforts of private enterprise. Maybe Americans, maybe not.

[mylife]

If you have not seen the film “The Martian” watch it.

I know I know its Matt Damon but I cheered.

I was like thinking like an engineer plotting solutions course corections

[mylife]

Duct Tape Baby LOL

[Vermont Lt]

For what it costs us a month or two pussy footing around with the Middle East, we could have been to Mars a couple of times. And in the process revolutionized cheap power and other technologies.

But, we are so concerned with keeping the KSA in gold, and exporting their version of Wahhabism.

Seems to me our priorities are a little messed up.