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RE: Reality Check
By EricMartello on 9/23/2012 5:42:56 PM , Rating: 2
No...I the only insurmountable problem I see right now is political will -- we're led by a government that has no problem throwing trillions away on a bunch of people that don't even want us around, while limiting NASA spending to mere tens of billions.

I wouldn't rely on or expect the government to spearhead a mission to mars. The only reason we did the whole moon thing was to 1up the russians and show how great our technology is (even though a lot of it was repurposed nazi technology). If you want to see interplanetary exploration happen within the next decade or two it's going to be a private venture.

