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electricblue187 t1_j2e20or wrote

Reply to comment by IglooCrusade in Want to Build Structures on the Moon? Just Blast the Regolith With Microwaves - Microwaves are useful for more than just heating up leftovers. They can also make landing pads on other worlds - Universe Today by vibrunazo

It’s been attainable for 50 years. It’s a question of priorities. Specifically, human space exploration or ‘politics by other means’

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IglooCrusade t1_j2ebogj wrote

50 years?

You're saying we could have landed on Mars in the 70s?

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electricblue187 t1_j2en24d wrote

Humans landed on the moon in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 If we prioritized human space exploration over empty consumerism and pointless self destruction who knows what might’ve been accomplished since then?

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