The Real Promise of Mankind

[Ulu]

If you can dream it, men can build it.
But it might be a looong dream..

Things will go off-track.

 

But men will keep dreaming….

 

And some day, maybe 10,000 years later, the unbelievable happens!
 

I used to think that living on Mars would be unthinkable. Impossible. Never in a thousand years…..

Now, my faith is reinforced. People who believe are really trying. 

 

Occupy Mars, the moon, and any rock worth the money and big enough to claim.

[Plymouthy Adams]

when NASA reaches Mars, wait till they see the passport documentation fees I have waiting for them......I cannot see why they want to go there, there is no chocolate or coffee....what's the point?

Edited December 4 by Plymouthy Adams

[Los_Control]

Well you have to admit, having a extra planet around does have merits.

 

England made a point when it had a extra continent lying around.

[Ulu]

1 hour ago, Plymouthy Adams said:

when NASA reaches Mars, wait till they see the passport documentation fees I have waiting for them......I cannot see why they want to go there, there is no chocolate or coffee....what's the point?

Perhaps we could just transport all the really annoying people to Mars, and leave them there?

 

I am absolutely certain that they will need lawyers and politicians.

[Veemoney]

What you say when you see a bunch of lawyers and politicians up to their chins in cement. We need more cement!

 

I heard this the other day on the show I was watching.

[Ulu]

I don’t know how any of this will work out in the end, but I really do think that human beings will land on Mars; and possibly within my lifetime if I am careful about my diet.

[JBNeal]

I am all for exploring the solar system, but I'm kinda wondering how come traveling on this planet has not been completely conquered yet...Arctic and Antarctic trips are still considered treacherous and too arduous...that kinda technology might transfer to transiting lunar or martian landscapes...how'bout making traveling to the poles a priority over lunar golfing expeditions 🤔

[Dan Hiebert]

And we haven't even fully explored our oceans, either.  Seems if we could develop the technology do that, exploring space and the other planets would be at least a tad easier.  The downside to exploring every inch of the Earth, though, is that humans tend to mess up wherever we go.  We've already left garbage (albeit very expensive garbage) on our moon and a few of the other planets.

[Sniper]

You know my grandson just turned one in september. I was out there for Thanksgiving and I got to thinking about how much stuff has changed from the time my grandfather was that age till he died. When he was one we hadn't flown at all yet. Men had not gone to the Moon electricity in the home was fairly uncommon as was indoor plumbing or central heating and air conditioning for that matter. Telephones were a rarity. By the time he died all that stuff was in common use. I remember watching Men land on the Moon. What's he going to see when he's a grandfather.

[Ulu]

We may, as a species, have time for all we can wish.

And we may not, so in the end we must be careful what we wish for.

 

If you reach too far and miss, it’s like you never went, but paid anyhow.

 

Like some of my sporting adventures.

 

😉

[Sniper]

Well I have told my grandson a man's grasp should exceed his reach. If you don't strive for the Stars you may as well stay in the cave.