Mars Is There, Waiting To Be Reached.

Exploring Mars Is A Far Different Venture From Apollo Expeditions To The Moon; It Necessitates Leaving Our Home Planet On Lengthy Missions With A Constrained Return Capability.

The Much-hyped Ares 1-x Was Much Ado About Nothing.

Russia Perhaps Is Still Entertaining The Possibility That The Moons Of Mars Might Have Access To Ice Or Water.

Unless We Are Able To Commit To A Permanent Growing Settlement [on Mars], Then I Don't Think Just Going There With Humans And Coming Back Is Worth Doing. The Expense Of Planning To Come Back Is Like The People Who Left Europe To Come To America And Then To Turn Around And Go Back To Europe, It Really Doesn't Make Any Sense At All.

Fear And Worry Are Emotions That Cloud The Mind From Being Able To Think Clearly, To Remember What The Procedures Are To Deal With That Emergency.