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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

So I made a bet with my friend that we'll have a human step foot on Mars in our lifetime or 30 years. And he's acting like that's impossible.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's a question of how much money we want to spend. The cost keeps going down, but we don't want to spend nearly as much on it now that the US isn't showing off to the Soviets.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm down for another space race against the CCP.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I'm down to recite Whitey's On The Moon again.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A handful of ppl alive today, back in 1939: So I made a bet with my friend that we'll have a human step foot on the Moon in our lifetime or 30 years. And he's acting like that's impossible, said I'm reading too many Jules Verne space fantasies...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It's possible. I just don't see it being a priority.