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Conventional wisdom: we’d have solved the tech challenge of landing on and returning from Mars decades ago were it not for budget & political will

Posted by true or not true? (aka Max) Dec 6 '18, 15:46

Political will meaning the ambition of the moonshot rather than the pause after shuttle disasters. Could it have been done in the 90’s, technologically?

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I imagine if you throw moon landing type money at NASA, and dedicate everything to that goal, then yes. -- nm - mafic Dec 6, 15:54 1
- (but I think we're better off not having done it) -- nm - mafic Dec 6, 16:02
I’d have to think yes. We are miles beyond what we had in the 60’s as a technology base. - Will Hunting Dec 6, 15:49
I mean maybe? It's an order of magnitude or two harder problem. -- nm - Reagen Dec 6, 15:47

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Conventional wisdom: we’d have solved the tech challenge of landing on and returning from Mars decades ago were it not for budget & political will

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