Would bypassing the Moon, going to Mars first, help with origin of life?

A Manned Mission to Mars is a death sentence with absolutely no possibility of rescue if something goes wrong. Human biology does NOT like a high radiation, low gravity environment. Even just orbiting in the space station is known to shorten the life of astronauts. For the cost of a Manned Mission to Mars, we could FLOOD Mars with unmanned rovers, each of which would perform more Science than a couple guys (at least 1 of which MUST be female) who have to keep running back inside their Lander to switch oxygen tanks (and change their diapers...). The Manned Mission to Mars is NOT Science. It's a publicity stunt that requires US taxpayers to fork over a couple gazillion USDs in tax money. How about colonizing the Sea Floor? Actually we TRIED that. It was INCREDIBLY boring, and boring stuff bores TAXPAYERS. And even sending men (oops, "persons") to the South Pole is also incredibly expensive, but the expenses are apparently buried deep enough in various different budgets that taxpayers have no idea how much they're paying. I read somewhere, way back when NASA was sending men to the Moon, that live video of what the Moon LOOKS LIKE up close was probably the worst PR disaster NASA ever had. Millions of Americans got to ABSOLUTE NOTHING in every direction they pointed the camera. "OK, so here's a much of white nothing. And, oh, LOOK! A ROCK! And here's some more white nothing..." Mars would of course look pretty much the same, except for a coating of rust. vmahuna

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Moon landing: Buzz Aldrin took Holy Communion, read this Bible verse on lunar surface Excerpt: “Houston, this is Eagle. This is the LM pilot,” Aldrin said, referring to the lunar module, shortly after the Eagle lunar lander touched down on the surface of the moon July 20, 1969. (Audio of Buzz Aldrin giving thanks shortly before taking Communion while on the moon. Audio courtesy the Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Journal) “I would like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be," Aldrin said, "to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way." Aldrin silently read from John 15:5, which he penned on a 3-by-5-inch notecard: “As Jesus said: I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me, and I in Him, will bear much fruit; for you can do nothing without me.” https://www.foxnews.com/science/moon-landing-bible-apollo-11-buzz-aldrin-communion

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