CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has launched its next Mars rover, kicking off a long-awaited mission to investigate whether the Red Planet could ever have hosted microbial life.
The car-size Curiosity rover blasted off atop its Atlas 5 rocket at 10:02 a.m. ET Saturday, streaking into a cloudy sky above Cape Canaveral Air Force Station here. The huge robot's next stop is Mars, though the 354-million-mile (570-million-kilometer) journey will take eight and a half months.
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Photo's will be sent back to Earth.Lot's of oohs and ahs will follow.The project will be a raging success for NASA.Unfortunately,there is no redeeming value to the tax paying public.Accomplishments like these are huge favorites for those in the scientific circles,but a dead expense to an already overloaded taxpaying structure.
.Unfortunately,there is no redeeming value to the tax paying public. 4:49 PM
Au contraire my uninformed friend.
Discoveries and experiments related to space travel have benefited all of mankind, not just Americans.
There is a lot of waste of taxpayer monies, some which is of no benefit to anyone or any return. But space projects are not one of them.
I am curious about the specific benefits of a Mars mission.NASA has accomplished great things and made huge contributions to the entire world.The communication technology alone has brought our entire planet together,so to speak.That being said & credit given for said accomplishments,what are the specific benefits of Mars exploration?How do taxpayers benefit from that specifically?7:03 obviously knows what he/she is talking about.Please enlighten.
4:49
The cost of sending Americans to walk on the moon was enormous, the benefits have lasted decades.
Just look around you. Look at the computer you're using to post on this blog. The microchip development was a direct result of research by NASA.
There are thousands of other examples.
Get real!
That being said & credit given for said accomplishments,what are the specific benefits of Mars exploration?How do taxpayers benefit from that specifically?7:03 obviously knows what he/she is talking about.Please enlighten.
November 27, 2011 12:21 AM
Not sure if you're being a wise guy or not but I am no more informed than anyone else who can read.
They are looking for signs of life, past or present. They will measure radiation and other things that NASA does.
Benefits? I would assume that remains to be seen since they haven't landed yet.
One thing I did learn while reading the article, is that there have been dozens of missions to Mars but only about half have been successful.
I like learning things and outer space is just fascinating to me with the potential to learn more than one can in their lifetime.
But that's just me. Some may think it's a total waste of time and money. I don't look at it that way.
Whenever a NASA story is posted on this site it appears that only 2 people ever comment.I can tell that by the writing styles.It seems like more people would be interested in how their billions were spent.I would like to know what someone else thinks.Plenty of folks reading these posts either have knowledge of NASA projects or actually work for NASA.Since you are paying for all of this you certainly have a right to comment,yeah or neah.
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