Why have we not yet traveled to Mars in CURRENT YEAR?

[Deleted]

IT HAS BEEN SO MANY YEARS since we we were last to the moon, why not Mars? It has been decades!

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Flat Earth Conspiracy bullshit will not be allowed here.

[Thimagryn]

Space exploration spending cut. Government has its priorities, and it's why space exploration is being spearheaded by private companies in today's world.

The current purpose of space travel is for profit. Right now, satellites bear more fruit than sending another man to the moon. Space exploration already continues through probes and rovers. Setting up the right conditions for a human to survive in the depths of outerspace isn't something that has been heavily prioritized until fairly recently.

[Hammerfest]

IT HAS BEEN SO MANY YEARS since we we were last to the moon, why not Mars? It has been decades!

Because Mars, like the moon, is not an object that can be landed upon.

[Sorshen]

Because Mars, like the moon, is not an object that can be landed upon.

Are you a flat earther by any chance?

[Zogarth]

Not really a lot of incentive outside of scientific curiosity. We don't exactly have a dick measuring contest between Russia and US about who can get to Mars first, like we had with the moon. So there is a lack of funding going into it.

[Puupi]

Because Mars, like the moon, is not an object that can be landed upon.

..........what?

[Deleted]

couple of reasons spring to mind.

1 - Cost
2 - Drive
3 - Solar Radiation


take your pick

[Zan15]

IT HAS BEEN SO MANY YEARS since we we were last to the moon, why not Mars? It has been decades!

because with current technology is a HUGE WASTE OF MONEY...the likes mankind has never seen

[zorkuus]

IT HAS BEEN SO MANY YEARS since we we were last to the moon, why not Mars? It has been decades!

Donate your salary to NASA, maybe that'll help.

[Santti]

Are you a flat earther by any chance?

Probably shouldn't pay much attention to him. I mean, his signature says it all. Not to mention his post history.

[Forgettable]

Because Mars, like the moon, is not an object that can be landed upon.

Are you a flat earther by any chance?

..........what?

I mean there's a reason that dude is on my ignore list, but I still had a good laugh at this after seeing his post through your quotes.

[Darkeon]

We got way more important things to do deal with. Wage Gap, the Patriarchal Oppression, etc.

[Symphonic]

Speaking of radiation... low radio frequencies apparently create a "bubble" shield protecting things from radiation: A Human-Made “Bubble” of Radio Waves Could Be Shielding Earth From Radiation

[Cosmic Janitor]

But we did. We sent a robot there, didn't find anything of note and decided to not condem some highly experienced and paid aeronautics specialist to a medicore death by radiation/starvation. Mars, without massive terra-forming programms, is a total shit show and worth nothing to us. Only fools, probably the same kind that posts "first" in a thread, are getting a serious hard-on mars.

[Eldar45]

Because it is expensive, outrageously dangerous and unnecessary with our rovers?

Could we put someone on the Mars? Probably.

Should we? Nope. That would be a very, exceptionally high chance of failure and the death of the crew.

[Nihilist74]

I would rather they use the money to develop really good robots and machines to send to mars, the moon and asteroid belt. Robots and machines that can build space stations and space ships for us so that we don't have to launch stuff like this from earth.

[Azadina]

Are you a flat earther by any chance?

He actually is, that's the sad part.

But don't get him started on that :/

[PACOX]

We dont know how to safely get people to Mars or construct the ship to get them there. The only country that can consistently land stuff on Mars. Its not easy landing on Mars due, not a bit. If we still struggle with landing robots how do you think humans would fair?

Space is huge, Mars is far. Launches have to be done in windows or your ship isn't going to reach the planet. The ship that will take humans to Mars would have to be assembled in orbit or we're going to come up with some revolutionary rocket science to get it off Earth. There is currently no means to assemble what is needed in space. But thats where private companies come in since they are coming up with new/cheaper ways to get stuff into orbit.

Mirco gravity does a number on the body, zero gravity is worse. Cosmic radiation is the worst. We need better ways to protect astronauts from the dangers of space were rescue missions are not an option.

Robots are a lot cheaper, safer, and effective. Fuck up with a robot, thats money down the drain but the lost is just material. Fuck up on a human mission and thats lives lost and the risk of future funding being withdrawn.

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I would rather they use the money to develop really good robots and machines to send to mars, the moon and asteroid belt. Robots and machines that can build space stations and space ships for us so that we don't have to launch stuff like this from earth.

China just released pictures from their robot on the moon. And NASA just published some pictures from Juno. The pictures are amazing.

http://imgur.com/gallery/zkDf7

[Hammerfest]

Are you a flat earther by any chance?

I prefer "enclosed creationist" but yeah, I'm a flat earther.

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I mean there's a reason that dude is on my ignore list, but I still had a good laugh at this after seeing his post through your quotes.

You'll probably see some more.

[Deleted]

The same reason we still don't live for hundreds or thousands of years, and aren't impervious to infections, and why people are still quite content in dying and stopping existing; delusions and misplaced priorities.