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It appears that moment of exploration opportunity has escaped us for now. It was very close in the late 60's as all the pieces of the puzzle began to come together. We had the will, infrastructure and technology in place in the Apollo era but failed to seize the moment. But with Apollo 11 the race ... we are much farther away from such a journey than we we're in 1969. We had the chance to go and blew it. Who knows how long or how many generations it will be until that door of opportunity opens again?I dunno. I think in terms of 60s technology it would be a bridge too far. The price would go up and up, with no end in sight. The vast improvement in electronic miniturization and bandwidth made unmanned space exploration well within any acceptable budget. Mars isn't going anywhere. We have a chance to do unmanned exploration and find out what there is that is worth looking at. I do not forsee a manned expedition to Mars unless space travel becomes vastly cheaper and faster, unless unmanned exploration shows the unequivocal presence of life.
It appears that moment of exploration opportunity has escaped us for now. It was very close in the late 60's as all the pieces of the puzzle began to come together. We had the will, infrastructure and technology in place in the Apollo era but failed to seize the moment. But with Apollo 11 the race ... we are much farther away from such a journey than we we're in 1969. We had the chance to go and blew it. Who knows how long or how many generations it will be until that door of opportunity opens again?
I dunno. I think in terms of 60s technology it would be a bridge too far. The price would go up and up, with no end in sight. The vast improvement in electronic miniturization and bandwidth made unmanned space exploration well within any acceptable budget. Mars isn't going anywhere. We have a chance to do unmanned exploration and find out what there is that is worth looking at. I do not forsee a manned expedition to Mars unless space travel becomes vastly cheaper and faster, unless unmanned exploration shows the unequivocal presence of life.
