Mars rover

[Arielle]

THe pictures are going to be amazing!

 

[Q9]

So, out of curiosity (haha, funny pun), what, precisely, is this thing accomplishing? I don't know how many billions of dollars were spent on it, but it had to be a lot. What's the return?

 

[Matthew3590]

So, out of curiosity (haha, funny pun), what, precisely, is this thing accomplishing? I don't know how many billions of dollars were spent on it, but it had to be a lot. What's the return?

Looking to see if there is life or if there could have been life on mars.

 

[Q9]

Looking to see if there is life or if there could have been life on mars.

Okay... is that it? It's not exploring for valuable (and much needed) mineral resources? No searching for possible energy sources?

Well. That sounds like two and a half billion dollars down a freaking hole. Might as well load up that much in paper and send it hurtling into the Sun. Perhaps I'm being a bit cynical, but how, precisely, is searching for dead germs on a dead planet going to help us here on Earth?

 

[hemet dennis]

Okay... is that it? It's not exploring for valuable (and much needed) mineral resources? No searching for possible energy sources?

Well. That sounds like two and a half billion dollars down a freaking hole. Might as well load up that much in paper and send it hurtling into the Sun. Perhaps I'm being a bit cynical, but how, precisely, is searching for dead germs on a dead planet going to help us here on Earth?

Was the $2.5 billion spent on earth or mars ?

 

[Arielle]

Quote: I can tell you are not a Star Trek Fan !! Some things are bigger than the everyday mundane AND if you look at all the technology that NASA has brought to the common man, you might be surprised.

A few billion $ will not solve all our problems here in the US. I'd love to see that money spent on schools. Or roads. But what a cool thing to share with my kids to inspire greatness and creativity! ANd hope. How did it get there -- solar panels? High tech designs that we might be able to use here and gather solar energy and thereby decrease our demand on oil and that in turn casues the oil prices to drop and food prices to drop? You never know where a trip to the moon or to Mars will lead us.

A billion is a drop in the bucket of our economy--far less in the world economy.

 

[chickened]

Looking to see if there is life or if there could have been life on mars.

Then what? it would be funny to find out they have been avoiding us.

 

[cupman]

Never understood why so many people feared science.

 

[chickened]

Never understood why so many people feared science.

Looking for bigfoot... whoops I mean martians is science? You do realize it is hope that drives science.

 

[cupman]

Space exploration is science.. how is it not? They aren't looking for aliens they are looking for signs to see if life ever existed there. I know you aren't really a details guy and you'd rather bury your head in the sand and hide instead of facing science... but recognize you are in the minority. Heck, you are so paranoid about science you even have a forum signature about it. It's too bad you think you have to pick sides between religion and science, chickened.