I may be in a minority but I think the sending of a probe to Mars is a complete irrelevance.
Along with many millions of people across the world I sat up all night and watched the first ever moon landing on television. Of course, we admired the Americans for their achievement and for the next decade or two I believed space exploration was exciting and a worthwhile thing to do.
Recently, I have come to realise space exploration is futile if only for one reason: distance.
It takes us 8 months just to get to Mars let alone the edge of the universe. The distances and time involved in space exploration means that nothing useful can come of it.
I could go on but I won't! Please comment if you disagree and I will happily discuss it further.
DW
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