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4/ We're going back to that, and people will die. Shit will blow up. But we won't be stuck in the NASA Alabama mafia loop of "We're going to Mars in just 30 short years!"
It's ALWAYS 30 years. In the 80s it was 30 years. In the 90s its 30 years. Now, it's 30 years.
It's ALWAYS 30 years. In the 80s it was 30 years. In the 90s its 30 years. Now, it's 30 years.
5/ And some of you will say, "Just send probes and robots!" or "We have needs here on Earth." No robot inspires like a person, and while improved, no robot can fix shit that breaks a few million miles away from Earth.
We also have a need to get out of this misery we're in...
We also have a need to get out of this misery we're in...
5/ ...of pessimism, small-ball, risk-intolerance, and chickenshittery. Humans need a frontier, and we need one, badly, now.
