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svarogteuse t1_ir577e5 wrote

Reply to comment by House13Games in what is the real reason for SpaceX trying to "colonize Mars"? by dMartian-official

His explicit mission was a failure. Instead they discovered something beyond their wildest dreams that turned Spain into a world super power. The reasoning for going doesn't matter, its what you discover after you are there and how you make use of it that matters.

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House13Games t1_ir6pkz2 wrote

Only the discovery of life on Mars would make it worth going there. Otherwise its a waste.

ps, Columbus was returned in chains to spain as a failure. He died disappointed that he did not find the trade route to Asia.

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svarogteuse t1_ir6pt75 wrote

We need to invest money and go there to discover any life there might be there. Probes aren't going to cut it. If there is life its tenuous and holding on in sheltered locations not on the wide open flat plains our probes land on.

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