Re:Why go to Mars when we can bring it to us? (Score 0)

Okay, so the sun explodes in 4.5 billion years. North Korea's nukes will explode on the US sometime in the near future. Hence, manned missions = necessary. The sooner we have a way to get the hell off this rock, that we're constnatly ruining with fossil fuels being burned in cars and stuff, 24/7, the sooner we turn the Earth into the next Venus. Way to go Greenhouse Effect. On the bright side, maybe if we turn around and have settlements on Mars, for example, to terraform it, maybe we'll develop the technology to not ruin our world? Or maybe the sence of unity to unite the world under either one government, or a group of governments not bent on self-interest and fighting everything besides themselves? Yes, the ISS is not really a good use of manned missions, in my opinion. But, manned missions to Mars, a planet that could possibly have an Earth-like climate, shouldn't be lumped under this category. Actually, I think they might be quite important, to us as a species. But what do I know? Robots are cheap...so maybe we should just clone people(read: cheap), develop accelerated growth treatments(read: manufacturing plant for people), and just use "Manbots" to do the exploring! We could genetically engineer them to be able to survive more readily in harsh conditions..even to do whatever we want! Let's make organic robots! WOO!! .. -.- Some people need to n ot have such close-minded views..