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Liz Truss claims Brits would be on Mars by 2040 if she hadn’t been ousted (www.politico.eu)

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I love science, I love space, I think we should fund the shit out of NASA. But going to Mars shouldn't be anywhere in the top 500 priorities of any policy maker right now. Let's fix Earth first. (lol)

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I disagree, you can't make Mars an afterthought. It requires international cooperation to go there. And it's not an either or type of deal anyway. NASA can focus in multiple things at once. Hell, we have an entire center at NASA dedicated to Earth observing satellites that monitor the health of the Earths ecosystems. I know bcz I work there. Trust me, we do care about the Earth, and we are trying to fix it. It ain't the scientists and engineers at NASA that are trying to ignore the health of our planet.