Comments on: NASA’s Alan Stern addresses Mars concerns

By: Michael Lonergan

Michael Lonergan — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:40:28 +0000

Maybe you could use the profits from “Death From The Skies” to fund your own private mission, then!

By: TomD

TomD — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:00:02 +0000

You just have to convince the Chinese to try to get there first.

By: Daffy

Daffy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:22:15 +0000

If we could convince the military/industrial complex folks that there was a need to bomb mars, we’d be there by summer.

By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:57:23 +0000

Michael, not for all the money NASA gets.

By: Michael Lonergan

Michael Lonergan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:33:24 +0000

Do you think BA could get Hoagland on board and convince Bush that the WMD were hidden at Cydonia? No? Just a thought! LOL

By: Daffy

Daffy — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:12:34 +0000

Michael, I am disappointed, too. But, hey, at least we are keeping the world safe for…for…um…well, whatever it is we are doing over there.

By: Michael Lonergan

Michael Lonergan — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:05:38 +0000

Given the woes concerning unmanned robotic missions, how are we to believe that a manned mission will ever take place, at least in the foreseeable future? I am 43 years old, and I had hoped that I would live to see man take his first steps on this distant world. Sadly, even though I more than likely have just as many years ahead of me as behind, I don’t think I will live to see that accomplishment. As a young child of 9, I remember hearing the discussion around the time of the last Apollo Mission, and the talk was, “We’ll be back.” Well, we are still at least 15-20 years away from the Moon. Who knows how many more years beyond that we are from Mars.