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SLCW718 t1_ixe7s7d wrote

Reply to comment by jeremymorrison88 in Realistically speaking When do you think we will land humans on Mars? by EnaGrimm

It didn't really take us 60 years to go back to the moon. After the Apollo program, the political landscape changed, and the decision was made not to pursue additional manned lunar exploration. It's not as if we were trying to go back all these years, but just couldn't do it. It was a calculated decision not to return until relatively recently.

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fivestarusername t1_ixedxo8 wrote

Right but OP isn't asking when it will be technically feasible to send people to Mars. They're asking when will we do it and that means accounting for the political landscape.

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