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re: What part of "there are other important goals" that you don't understand?
Chris Vancil — (archived)

Larry the argument I think Mark is making is: That politically the side roads are deadends. You think they enable, but the past doesn't show this. If your goal is Mars it is better to go to Mars and build the infrastructure so it can be used for the other just as important missions (ie NEO visits).

You are arguing that congress will support this whole thing for 20 years?! Don't you see this is undoable. It won't happen. A more modest goal of just sending people to Mars achieves the primary reason for the bill and costs less takes less time and hopefully can be planned to leave something other than lawn ornaments.

I think Mark is say that first part of #11 is correct and that the second part is a deadend route to the first.

I would remind you that at one point that ISS was touted as a step towards Mars.

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