What are the goals of a manned mission to Mars?
When we set out to land people on the surface of Mars, I think we should as a nation, as a world, commit ourselves to supporting a growing settlement and colonization there. To visit a few times and then withdraw would be an unforgivable waste of resources. Logically, I feel we should visit the moons of Mars for several years before journeying to the surface. Why should we visit the moons of Mars before we visit the surface? The crews are less at risk on Vovus or Demos (the moons). From there, astronauts can conduct dress-rehearsal landings, make return fuel, and control surface rovers all far more successfully using the short communication distances from the moons to the surface than the 20 40 minute round-trip communication delays from Earth and back. Do you think there is life on other planets? There has been recent evidence of large planets around relatively close stars less than a hundred light-years away. This leads to the speculation that earth-sized moons around such large plan
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