r/nextfuckinglevel • u/InsaneMocktail • 12h ago

NASA released the clearest images of Mars

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u/editor_of_the_beast 12h ago

Gonna be your home soon

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u/Alive_Nobody_Home 11h ago

No one will ever live on mars.

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u/Xendarq 10h ago

Ever is a long, long time. Who knows. No one is going to be there anytime soon.

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u/NoonecanknowMiner_24 7h ago

I'll go further and say that I don't think we'll even get humans to Mars at all. The money and interest just isn't where it has to be and if it ever does get there, Mars will no longer be the target. It'll switch to space colonies like in Gundam or something like that. 

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u/Zealousideal-Two7658 6h ago

You are onto something there, first we will have commercial space stations. Multiple ones are in the development, here is one example:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FQpSAWGgL7k

This is more likely to happen soon, as it has real benefits for humanity with its r&d and experiments.

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u/Whizbang35 7h ago

Oh, the solution to getting money, people and interest to the red planet is simple.

Ahem

"Scientists have discovered oil on Mars."

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u/Imbendo 6h ago

Even if we could refine oil on Mars, it would cost $270,000 per gallon to transport it back to earth.

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u/Alive_Nobody_Home 1h ago

Ding ding 🛎️!!

IPO launched! Billions in & if no one gets there. Well we tried. 🤷🏻‍♂️