The race to Mars | Meet The Press Reports

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[mecospacesystems]

seeing all the comments that are against space exploration make me sad. There is so much medial technology, communication, advanced materials, and transportation technology that was made possible by the Apollo missions in the 1960s. We innovate through competition, and people still want to turn away from space. Imagine all that we could develop and discover through exploration of Mars, and imagine the peaceful competition it would enable through competition with China, instead of turning our resources to war. Mars is the most exciting opportunity this century, and people still try to turn it into billionaires vs us argument. I for one am excited to see NASA work towards mars missions in the 2030s, GO NASA!

[Weenerbagel]

A lot of people don’t realize that the space race is the reason why we have so much new technology that has changed the lives of everyone on earth for the better. Without time periods like the Industrial Revolution, space race, etc our world would look so much different and probably not in a good way . We would probably have no medical imaging techniques, durable healthcare equipment, artificial limbs, water filtration systems, solar panels, firefighting equipment, shock absorbers, air purifiers, home insulation, weather resistant airplanes, infrared thermometers, etc

[AllisonSherman]

With changes in the economy leading to instability in the stock market, some individuals may face a decrease in their investments in an effort to benefit from the current market conditions, I am considering liquidating my $725k portfolio consisting of bonds and stocks. Someone else in the same situation? Please tell me in the comments!..

[y_social_]

If we loose the desire to explore, we have lost our humanity.

[camargorafael]

This seems more about US vs Them than. Science.

[nunyabusiness]

The difference between going to the moon and going to Mars is like the difference between going to the convenience store on the corner and doing a cross country road trip, but in space.

[richbl]

What do you think Optimus is for? Send robots to mars to build the habitats and life support before man goes to mars.

[ianbruce]

3:30 — "Only the US, Russia, and China have successfully landed robotic rovers." Incorrect. Two Russian robotic rovers may have reached the surface of Mars in 1971 during the Soviet Mars 2 and 3 missions, but neither vehicle completed its mission. Mars 2 crash-landed on the planet (rover destroyed), and Mars 3 ceased transmissions 20 seconds after landing (Rover never deployed). Neither of these can be called "successful".

[Ms.Robot.]

60 years later, we learn about it. And in another 60 years, we'll hear about the Starship Enterprise.😊

[lazarusblackwell]

When first humans land on Mars, it will be incredibly uplifting for the entire human race.

Might even encourage us to cooperate more instead of fight with our petty little differences.

Space exploration needs the resources of ALL of the people on the Earth.

We all need to unite.

[scottrankine]

why does the media keep characterizing the first flight of Starship a failure? They seem to have no clue that real rocket development proceeds step by step with rapid iterations, including failures. You need to push the envelop to succeed.

[hugochan]

Space X is in the lead, and I don’t think there is competition.

[RabianOfficial]

Our true purpose is to reach for the stars. The human race must become multi-planetary. We'll also adapt to space in a 100 years.

[swhite]

I would be incredibly excited to see a human on mars. i am jealous of my parents and grandparents who got to experience the moon mission. I feel like it would be amazing to observe that.

[spiderbeebs]

Some things are about more than what we might physically be able to see in OUR lifetime. I *may* personally never benefit from any of this, but I think it’s important, it’s cool, and seeing it makes the inner nerd in me happy.

[kineticdeath]

anyone remember "Orion", The building sized spaceship that was going to fire mini nukes out the back end and detonate them to impart force onto a plate that would then push the craft forward?

[Overmotor]

I hate the argument of "we are pouring so much money into space". NASA is working with less than .5% of the total US budget and seems to be able to do more than 95% of government funded programs. Space exploration is the future of humanity and restricting mankind to one planet would be a sin. We spent 2.3 trillion in Afghanistan, a war that only brought death and suffering for no reason. The same budget would be able to fund NASA and space exploration (at 2023's budget of 23 billion) for almost 85 years. Just think of that...

[sheep]

We should be exploring Uranus right now

[TopGuardDawg]

If humanity is able to successfully land on Mars it will be the start of a new era which is the exploration of space and colonizing new planets

[vegasvato]

WE WILL NEVER LIVE IN PEACE AMOUNG THE STARS UNTIL WE LEARN TO LIVE IN PEACE HERE ON EARTH...