Buzz Aldrin: "get your ass to Mars"

[Statistikhengst]

Love this guy. A great american spirit, a great explorer. G-d bless Buzz.

He is selling these T-shirts to convince the next US-President to get us to Mars by July, 2019, 50 years after the moon landing.

Buzz Aldrin on Twitter Now a question for all of you How do we inspire the next President to commit to Mars by the 50th Anniversary July 2019 AnswerBuzz

 

[AceRothstein]

Is the chick with three boobs going to be there?

 

[Statistikhengst]

Amen!!!!

 

[Iceweasel]

What would be the purpose of a manned mission to Mars? The time, life support, size, expense of such a mission would be astronomical, pardon the pun. Buzz comes from an era of simple electronics, today is a different day and robotics would be much more efficient. Sorry, but we don't have a bottomless tit to offer NASA.

 

[martybegan]

What would be the purpose of a manned mission to Mars? The time, life support, size, expense of such a mission would be astronomical, pardon the pun. Buzz comes from an era of simple electronics, today is a different day and robotics would be much more efficient. Sorry, but we don't have a bottomless tit to offer NASA.

The research and engineering needed to accomplish such a mission pushes the boundaries of science and engineering in general, which leads to more technological improvements in general.

Plus there is the simple fact that humans have always felt the need to go into the unknown. Robots are nice, but don't have the feel of boots on the ground.

 

[Statistikhengst]

What would be the purpose of a manned mission to Mars? The time, life support, size, expense of such a mission would be astronomical, pardon the pun. Buzz comes from an era of simple electronics, today is a different day and robotics would be much more efficient. Sorry, but we don't have a bottomless tit to offer NASA.

The research and engineering needed to accomplish such a mission pushes the boundaries of science and engineering in general, which leads to more technological improvements in general.

Plus there is the simple fact that humans have always felt the need to go into the unknown. Robots are nice, but don't have the feel of boots on the ground.

Well said.

Many great technological advancements have stemmed from: curiousity.

 

[Iceweasel]

The research and engineering needed to accomplish such a mission pushes the boundaries of science and engineering in general, which leads to more technological improvements in general.

Plus there is the simple fact that humans have always felt the need to go into the unknown. Robots are nice, but don't have the feel of boots on the ground.

The research can still be done, nothing prevents it. The expense of putting boots on the Mars surface to make some people feel good, especially when we are well over 17 trillion in debt is insane.

 

[Iceweasel]

Many great technological advancements have stemmed from: curiousity.

I can live without Tang or pens that write upside down.

 

[martybegan]

The research and engineering needed to accomplish such a mission pushes the boundaries of science and engineering in general, which leads to more technological improvements in general.

Plus there is the simple fact that humans have always felt the need to go into the unknown. Robots are nice, but don't have the feel of boots on the ground.

The research can still be done, nothing prevents it. The expense of putting boots on the Mars surface to make some people feel good, especially when we are well over 17 trillion in debt is insane.

There are other things to cut. Until space travel has some viable profit motive the government has to take care of it.

 

[martybegan]

Many great technological advancements have stemmed from: curiousity.

I can live without Tang or pens that write upside down.

Those are the gimmicks. Space travel has led to discoveries and improvements in electronics, material science, communications, etc.

 

[Iceweasel]

I'm all for science but NASA isn't man's only hope. We do not need to boldly go where no man has gone before. Maybe when the fiscal house is in order.

 

[Zander]

Are they taking overweight bald guys with thin skin and huge egos? If so, you should apply Stat.

 

[JWBooth]

When you can fund it without confiscation of resources belonging to others.

 

[blastoff]

Who wouldn't want to be one of the first two members of the 35 Million Mile High Club?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Had we continued at the pace we were on in the 60's we would have been there years ago.

 

[BullKurtz]

I shook hands with Buzz at a restaurant once....something not all there about him. So anyway, WTF is on Mars that we could possibly want or need? THERE IS NO AIR TO BREATHE!

All these dune buggies we've put up there are showing us are pics of rocks that look like faces from the Pyramids, a supposed UFO hiding in a shadow, and a landscape that looks like the Sonoran Desert...psssssttt....I live in the Sonoran Desert....it's right outside, and doesn't cost BILLIONS of dollars to photograph.

We beat the Ivans to the moon okay? What did it prove? And great, we know how to do all kinds of things without gravity in the Shuttles. Again, what good has it done us?

The last straw for me was when NASA decided to side with the gorebal warming idiots to keep funding. Any past pride for old fighter pilots turned spacemen pretty much vanished after that.

 

[B. Kidd]

Are they taking overweight bald guys with thin skin and huge egos? If so, you should apply Stat.

Stat wants to wish Hillary a Happy Birthday from Mars........freakin' weirdo.

 

[Iceweasel]

I don't get it either. I mean I understand the Star Trek appeal but we've had rovers there, we know pretty much what to expect.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

It's just a natural human need to explore, and if humans last long enough, they will explore space and other planets and their moons.
It will happen, it may be delayed for decades, but it will happen. Just not much of it we'll see in our lifetimes.

 

[candycorn]

Silicone and Magnesium are apparently two of the most abundant minerals on Mars (that we know of). Both minerals are in demand here on Earth.

We simply will not know what is there until we get there. What if there is Platinum...or Petroleum?

The stuff taken for granted today are a long ways away from what our fathers and mothers experienced. Due, largely, to space technology and the innovations that came along with manned spaceflight.

Its well worth the investment.