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Moon

Last post 10-09-2009 1:16 PM by Terry Kucera. 1 replies.
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  • 10-09-2009 10:38 AM

    Moon

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    Chris S

    Do  you think astronauts should return to the Moon or focus on other, like Mars or something?

     

     

  • 10-09-2009 1:16 PM In reply to

    • Terry Kucera
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    Re: Moon

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    Hi Chris,

    People disagree on this, but it seems to me that the Moon is a relatively close (only a few days away), which makes it a better place to experiment with space colonization that Mars - a round trip there could take a year and a half.  If something went wrong we could more likely to be able to help the astronauts out. Once we got the hang of it we could try Mars.

    Terry

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