XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics   
   From: fjmccall@gmail.com   
      
   Serigo  wrote:   
      
   >On 10/11/2016 6:10 PM, Jeff Findley wrote:   
   >> In article , invalid@invalid.com says...   
   >>>   
   >>> there is no reason for man to go to Mars.   
   >>   
   >> Opinion.   
   >   
   >Fact. Mars is Dead.   
   >   
      
   Not a fact.  It's likely, but not a fact.   
      
   >>   
   >>> It is rocks and sand in a vaccum.   
   >>   
   >> False, Mars has a mostly CO2 atmosphere, albeit a very thin one.   
   >   
   >1% of Earths, 96% CO2, nothing on earth that uses its atmosphere can be   
   >used on Mars, therefor Mars has no air.   
   >   
      
   Define 'air'.  You said it was vacuum.  You now admit it isn't. You're   
   not even a GOOD troll.   
      
   >   
   >> If you   
   >> want rocks and sand in a vacuum, the moon is a better destination, but   
   >> even the moon looks to have water.   
   >   
   >"looks" => conjecture   
   >   
      
   Nope.  We've detected it.  And Mars actually has quite a bit of water.   
      
   >   
   >>   
   >>> no food, no water, no air.   
   >>   
   >> There is a bit of water on Mars (e.g. polar regions)   
   >>   
   >   
   >conjecture, not proven and so little, unusable.   
   >   
      
   There's more than he says and it is not conjecture.  It's a fact.   
      
   >   
   >> and again a CO2   
   >> atmosphere.  Food could be grown.   
   >   
   >all moisture would leave the plant.   
   >Not enough CO2 or atmosphereic pressure to support any plants.   
   >Radiation will kill it off in a few years.   
   >   
      
   Poppycock.   
      
   >   
   >>   
   >>> send a robot.   
   >>   
   >> Been there, done that.  They're s-l-o-w and return very little science   
   >> compared to a manned mission.   
   >>   
   >   
   >silly opinion.   
   >   
      
   It's not an opinion.  It's a fact.  You really seem to have those two   
   things swapped in your head.   
      
   >   
   >>   
   >>> to hell with Musk and his gov funded R&D companies.   
   >>   
   >> Tell us how you really feel...   
   >   
   >I dont want Gov stealing my money for dead ideas.   
   >   
      
   You're not smart enough to have to pay taxes.  You're just a parasite   
   on the system.   
      
      
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