We know the cost but not the value..
Cleat Eastwood
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Some one posted a comment on FB about the waste of money in sending 'curiosity' to mars, then today this was posted which I thought was interesting - oh and rip bernard lovell
The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
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You can't compare the two, we won't get a single gold medal from Mars, and that's what REALLY matters after all.
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Capt Slog wrote:You can't compare the two, we won't get a single gold medal from Mars, and that's what REALLY matters after all.
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Well lets not get too excited about the Mars thing. I mean surely it can't be that hard to put a Tamiya buggy with a camera on it in a rocket and land it on Mars........
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Rolf F wrote:Well lets not get too excited about the Mars thing. I mean surely it can't be that hard to put a Tamiya buggy with a camera on it in a rocket and film it in universal studios........
FTFY
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Thank you for posting that chart, interesting perspective.
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Ha, but how much would it be to host the Olympics on Mars ?All the gear, but no idea...0
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Looks like a shed load of money v a boatload of money to me. Both are out of my pay-grade.
On balance, I'd vote for both anyway. A bit of a party, v a bit of scientific endeavour. What's not to like?0 -
Mars schmars.
What's the bloody point of going to Mars? One big empty dustbowl.
Olympics at least there's some entertainment (I'm thinking womens beach vollyball, BMX crashes)0 -
Shouldn't really be a pie chart though, shout it? Bar Chart please0
