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comment by OftenBen
OftenBen  ·  2574 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Congress passes NASA funding bill, Mars mission date set

I'd prefer ambition to 'Mars is stupid and boring.'

The world could use another space race.

Humanity needs to become an interplanetary species for existential risk reduction. As it stands we're one big rock away from end of story.