Former astrophysicist here. Sorry, but I'm finding ZERO enthusiasm for raving about landing an instrument on a dead planet when we are making so little effort to keep ours liveable. ZERO. https://twitter.com/halophoenix/status/1362507839621787651
We're in a mega planetary crisis RIGHT HERE: all scientific (& technical & economic & ... you get my drift) efforts should be focused on RIGHT HERE on Earth.

Also lol to Elon Musk wanting to move to Mars. That's your view mate. My planet looks full of wondrous life -for now.
We're in a mega planetary crisis RIGHT HERE: all scientific (& technical & economic & ... you get my drift) efforts should be focused on RIGHT HERE on Earth.Also lol to Elon Musk wanting to move to Mars. That's your view mate. My planet looks full of wondrous life -for now.
We're in a mega planetary crisis RIGHT HERE: all scientific (& technical & economic & ... you get my drift) efforts should be focused on RIGHT HERE on Earth.Also lol to Elon Musk wanting to move to Mars. That's your view mate. My planet looks full of wondrous life -for now.
The great @AndrewSimms_uk wrote a fantastic column about this. Beautiful. "... millions of people around the world who, rather than dreaming of escape, don't accept the world as it is, but use their life's pulsing energy to protect and improve it." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/03/life-on-mars-outer-space-home-matters
Forget life on Mars, it's closer to home that matters | Andrew Simms

Andrew Simms: Our obsession with escaping to outer space is more to do with what's wrong down here. We cannot relocate

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/03/life-on-mars-outer-space-home-matters
Does anyone have any cartoon/drawing skills, and want to show rich billionaires driving desperate humanity off a cliff in an SUV, while they're cheering and pointing at a vehicle being landed on Mars?
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