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- Exalted Heroic Member
The Universe demands to be noticed, to be seen, and dutifully noted.
What use all those incredible firework dimensions if no eye fixes and reflects, no brain takes notes, no heart moves with passion at the display?
NASA answers the silent cry of the Cosmos for recognition.
NASA is the witness and we fellow witnesses to the endless deeps.
We'll need to use the moon as a stopping point if mankind really wants to colonize the solar system - fuel is abundant, at least according to satellites that indicate large reserves of frozen water at the poles - plus the energy required to lift an equivalent payload off the moon is much less than that needed to lift off the Earth.
So, if the Obama Administration wants to reach Mars by 2030 (which I don't think is happening, given the political inertia of the current government) - we'll need to have basic infrastructure in place by 2023-2025, which is highly unlikely.