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Originally Posted by UncleAl
What have the mars rovers accomplished? Mars is boring. It started out as a shallow planetary sea of acidic magnesium sulfate, then dried and oxidized over a few billion years. That's all very nice as far as it goes. Now what?
Unknown discoveries await! Riiight. Mars, like downtown Detroit or Watts in Los Angeles, is exactly what you see. Get over it and move on.
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I love it when you play devil's advocate Al; I think of you as the "Velvet Hammer".
(one layer of velvet on a 500 Kilo hammer
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___Whether you push me or pull me, go I must (Yoda speak
) Anyway, I see it as the human spirit of exploration prevailing in the light of finance, politics, & ignorance. We go, because we want to know. If Mars is boring, we explore it to find why as we sharpen our skills at technology & cooperation in order to explore the interesting places.
___Put me down for not enough smilies as well.
