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RowKiwi t1_ixe7phc wrote

People could land on Mars really soon, they just wouldn't be coming back. Like the North Koreans in the TV show For All Mankind, they basically shot a Soyuz module to Mars, parachuted down, and walked around a bit, before ground control turned off the radios and abandoned them.

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BroasisMusic t1_ixgb3pl wrote

Right. Getting them there isn't really a problem. Keeping them alive while they're there and then bring them home - alive - well... that's a different story entirely!

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kldload t1_ixvo7gu wrote

It kind of is strange to me. Why don’t we send some terminally ill astronauts or people willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to pioneer the first mars trips? Send them there to perform critical soil tests and dig deep searching for life. Like I’m not even terminally I’ll but I’ll gladly take one for the team.

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