Quote Originally Posted by C230K View Post
As much as I would love to care about the planets, I just dont, sorry. Its not like we can go live on another planet on our solar system and if we could get there. Thats a very long trip. Its a waste of money, just so some nerds can put a camera on wheels and take pics. Use the telescopes and call it a day.

What NASA is doing now is the first stage in moving beyond this planet.

First its a robot taking pictures. 10 years from now it is a dozen robots assembling a research station. 20 years from now it is robots building a station habitable by man. 50 years from now a full blown, operations colony on Mars.


Space is much like under water in all ways but distance. 75 years ago, during WWII, a Salman class submarine could only dive to about 250ft. A current sub can operate at more than 800 feet (max depth unavailable). The same thinking applies when you look at space and the way to progress.