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 Con seems to imply that space-exploration is wasteful. Remember, I've already addressed this point. The space program helps create jobs, and the technology from the space program continues to drive new innovation and the economy.

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 Con seems to imply that space-exploration is wasteful. Remember, I've already addressed this point. The space program helps create jobs, and the technology from the space program continues to drive new innovation and the economy.

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It can create jobs. For instance a farmer on mars.

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It can create jobs. For instance a farmer on mars.

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You say space travel will never be commercial.Wrong.It already exsits.

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we can send a small shuttle to mars with food for at least 2 years.

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We could get more experienced with technology

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My opponents will say it cost to much and we should spend the money on other things. Although if we do that we have a possibility of losing the future. We have an open door that can make something amazing happen so lets not close it!

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Artificial gravity can overcome zero-gravity on Mars mission. The problem of zero gravity during the trip to Mars is actually not a problem at all: zero-gravity conditions can be eliminated altogether during the trip, as artificial gravity can be created through the use of centrifugal force. Furthermore, we should take into account the Mir cosmonauts, Sergei Avdev spending a total of 748 days in zero-gravity over 3 missions, and Valeri Polyakov spending 438 consecutive days without gravity. There were no long term negative impact, giving us no reason to believe that zero gravity causes long-term health problems in the window of time proposed for a Mars trip

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although con may say that you would use the money on the homeless, world hunger, and global warming. But you looking at greedy people who would spend all that money on the army and then you think why was I so stupid. Because no goverment is going to donate to any cause because they care about defending themselves. If they where going to spend money on that other stuff then they would of done it a LONG time ago. *mic drop*

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"We learned in the 1960s that Mars's surface has features that, as far as we can tell, can only have been made in the presence of water: standing water, running water, deluging water. There are features that look like they're floodplains. There are riverbeds that are straight and riverbeds that meander. Combine all of this, and you consider how important water is to life on Earth, you can't help but speculate that Mars was once a really wet place, possibly even harboring life at one point. So much of what drives cosmic exploration involves the quest to learn whether or not we're alone in the Universe—as an intelligent species, or as life at all. Mars being so close compared with the rest of the cosmos—it's a slam dunk as a place you want to go visit."

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"We learned in the 1960s that Mars's surface has features that, as far as we can tell, can only have been made in the presence of water: standing water, running water, deluging water. There are features that look like they're floodplains. There are riverbeds that are straight and riverbeds that meander. Combine all of this, and you consider how important water is to life on Earth, you can't help but speculate that Mars was once a really wet place, possibly even harboring life at one point. So much of what drives cosmic exploration involves the quest to learn whether or not we're alone in the Universe—as an intelligent species, or as life at all. Mars being so close compared with the rest of the cosmos—it's a slam dunk as a place you want to go visit."

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Its flawed because we could bring back expensive materials and make the money back.

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The challenge of going to Mars will provide a sense of working together

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The challenge of going to Mars will provide a sense of working together

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Tiny little chance that we could have world peace.

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In the 13th century Marco Polo  embarked on a bold journey with his father and uncle to the unknown worlds of central and East Asia. While Marco Polo and company did discover advanced societies which possessed  knowledge greater than their own, all they brought back from their adventure were descriptions of how other societies used paper money, and the taste of noodles. Is a trip to Mars a Marco Polo type endeavor where we bring a few goodies back to earth, or a Christopher Columbus expedition where a new frontier to exploring the unknown may be opened again?

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In the 13th century Marco Polo  embarked on a bold journey with his father and uncle to the unknown worlds of central and East Asia. While Marco Polo and company did discover advanced societies which possessed  knowledge greater than their own, all they brought back from their adventure were descriptions of how other societies used paper money, and the taste of noodles. Is a trip to Mars a Marco Polo type endeavor where we bring a few goodies back to earth, or a Christopher Columbus expedition where a new frontier to exploring the unknown may be opened again?

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people have been working and hoping for this for a long time so this is something that we should NOT give up on.

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people have been working and hoping for this for a long time so this is something that we should NOT give up on.

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 "Our children are raised in a world without heroes. They are led to believe that heroism consists of throwing a football the furthest, getting the most hang time during a slam dunk, or selling the most movie tickets with your looks and your boyish charm. [...] Going to Mars is not a luxury we can't afford. It's a necessity we can't afford to be without. We need this. [...] We need this, or some kind of challenge like it, to bring us together to all feel a part of something and to have heroes again."

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 "Our children are raised in a world without heroes. They are led to believe that heroism consists of throwing a football the furthest, getting the most hang time during a slam dunk, or selling the most movie tickets with your looks and your boyish charm. [...] Going to Mars is not a luxury we can't afford. It's a necessity we can't afford to be without. We need this. [...] We need this, or some kind of challenge like it, to bring us together to all feel a part of something and to have heroes again."

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Valuable Natural Resources

Mars has several elements that are the raw materials that could be harvested and utilized to support and expand human exploration of Mars and beyond. We could essentially gather materials, construct space vehicles, and launch to other planetary bodies from the surface of Mars without wasting time and resources here on Earth. For example, Methane, which is found in high abundance on Mars, could be used to construct plastic based structures

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Some people may argue that we are funding a suicide mission.

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Some people may argue that we are funding a suicide mission.

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People are willing amuse much higher risks than the mars mission would take

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people may argue that the public doesn't want to support it but they have NO evidence.

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Allow me to briefly explain where I propose we take the money from in order to colonize Mars. In the United States alone, approximately 600 billion was spent in 2004 on defense.[1] Even reducing defense spending by one fourth would produce more than enough money to begin efforts to colonize Mars. Colonizing Mars could also be an international effort of course. 

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Allow me to briefly explain where I propose we take the money from in order to colonize Mars. In the United States alone, approximately 600 billion was spent in 2004 on defense.[1] Even reducing defense spending by one fourth would produce more than enough money to begin efforts to colonize Mars. Colonizing Mars could also be an international effort of course. 

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4.The question of taking on Mars as an interplanetary goal is not simply of aerospace accomplishment, but one of reaffirming the pioneering character of our society.

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4.The question of taking on Mars as an interplanetary goal is not simply of aerospace accomplishment, but one of reaffirming the pioneering character of our society.

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:)"Mars, as cold as it is, is not as oppressive an environment as almost any other place we can think of going in the Solar System. From a runaway greenhouse effect, Venus is 900 degrees Fahrenheit and would melt or vaporize most things you sent to its surface. Mercury is also very hot, being close to the Sun. So when you look at the nearby terrestrial planets, Mars is looking … just right, in spite of the challenges."4.

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:)"Mars, as cold as it is, is not as oppressive an environment as almost any other place we can think of going in the Solar System. From a runaway greenhouse effect, Venus is 900 degrees Fahrenheit and would melt or vaporize most things you sent to its surface. Mercury is also very hot, being close to the Sun. So when you look at the nearby terrestrial planets, Mars is looking … just right, in spite of the challenges."4.

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Artificial gravity can overcome zero-gravity on Mars mission. The problem of zero gravity during the trip to Mars is actually not a problem at all: zero-gravity conditions can be eliminated altogether during the trip, as artificial gravity can be created through the use of centrifugal force. 4.

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Artificial gravity can overcome zero-gravity on Mars mission. The problem of zero gravity during the trip to Mars is actually not a problem at all: zero-gravity conditions can be eliminated altogether during the trip, as artificial gravity can be created through the use of centrifugal force. 4.

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Solar radiation is no major danger to Mars astronauts. Radiation only becomes dangerous when absorbed in large quantities, over short periods of time. According to the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council, a dose of 100 rem causes a 1.81% increase in the likelihood of cancer in the next 30 years of a person's life. Astronauts inside a spaceship during any of the last 3 large recorded solar flares would have experienced doses of 38 rem; inside of the storm shelter - 8 rem. On the surface of Mars, which offers much radiation protection due to its atmosphere, the unshielded dose would have been 10 rem, the shielded dose 3 rem. In total, radiation doses of 52.0 and 58.4 rem taken on the missions, are well below dangerous thresholds -- even were they to come all at once

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Many astronauts are willing to assume the risks. The Mars Society Frequently Asked Questions. 8 April 2008: "There are many of people who, if told that they could be part of an expedition to Mars only if they abandoned all hope of returning to Earth, would jump at the chance. 

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Many astronauts are willing to assume the risks. The Mars Society Frequently Asked Questions. 8 April 2008: "There are many of people who, if told that they could be part of an expedition to Mars only if they abandoned all hope of returning to Earth, would jump at the chance. 

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going to mars could start ways for us to find ways to other planets

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Mars mission would inspire kids to become scientists " On to Mars: "The first manned landing on Mars would serve as an invitation to adventure for children around the world. There will be some 100 million kids in the U.S. schools over the next 10 years. If a Mars program were to inspire just an additional 1 percent of them to pursue scientific educations, the net result would be one million more scientists, engineers, inventors, medical researchers and doctors."

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Manned mission to Mars could bring medical advancements. A manned mission to Mars would provide us with a greater understanding of the human body and how it functions after long periods in space, possibly bringing medical advancements.

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Mars could be a backup planet if something happens to earth.

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2.con: we've already got problems on earth

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2.con: we've already got problems on earth

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well those problems can be solved for people by moving to mars

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pro: actually no, because robots cost more and they can break down

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1.colonizing mars will help the survival of humans because things on earth could get pretty nasty with a possible nuclear war.

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1.humans could artificially inducing global warming on mars so the could plant lots of things there.

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1.The amount of ice on mars  can be melted into oceans, therefore letting us get water for drinking.

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1.mars has lots of thing the could help humans like carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen.

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1.Mars has lots of natural resources that would be useful.( ex:platinum, gold and silver)