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thelawlorfaithful, on 31 Dec 2012 - 04:01 AM, said:One of the rules I live by: never underestimate a man in a dandy looking sweater

 

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11 minutes ago, retrofade said:

The moon is a test run for Mars. 

We've already sent people to the Moon 50 years ago.

We've sent a 2000 pound vehicle to Mars.

We've had people live in an orbiting space station for a year and a half.

Seems like to me the technology is already there.

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4 minutes ago, bsu_alum9 said:

We've already sent people to the Moon 50 years ago.

We've sent a 2000 pound vehicle to Mars.

We've had people live in an orbiting space station for a year and a half.

Seems like to me the technology is already there.

The end goal for Mars at this point is to have people live there. They can build out a base, test equipment, see what works and what doesn't work, all on the moon. The moon is a 2 day trip from Earth, so resupplies, etc., aren't logistically super challenging. Then they can actually try and build out a launch mechanism from the moon to go to Mars, which could drastically reduce the Delta-V necessary to move from Earth orbit to a Mars orbit. Aside from all of that, this is all pretty much brand new technology, so testing things close to home to start with just makes the most sense. 

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