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Environment & Energy

NNadir

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2. Yeah I know. It's kind of like fusion energy in that sense, always off in some distant future with no appreciation...

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 08:57 AM

20 hrs ago

...of the details.

My whole damned life - and I'm not young - the idea that humans should go to Mars has been invested with mystic portent.

As the Earth dies - and arguably it is entering its death throes - the dream of escaping to Mars to screw that planet up - will die with it.

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Um...um...um... An Important Concern? The safety of chemicals on, um, Mars? [View all] NNadir Yesterday OP

Humans will not be going to Mars PJMcK 22 hrs ago #1

Yeah I know. It's kind of like fusion energy in that sense, always off in some distant future with no appreciation... NNadir 20 hrs ago #2

It's not about danger to explorers, it's about "hazards to possible extant life on Mars" from chemicals muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #3

That is a very esoteric concern if true. It's as if someone reported that a sunken barge endangered life on Earth. NNadir 14 hrs ago #4

It also talks about the ability to investigate abiotic processes if they've been contaminated muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #5