Dan Lipka Web Log

Why are we sending rovers to Mars? Why do we care about Mars at all.  Here is an article... https://www.space.com/42518-why-we-keep-going-to-mars-insight-landing.html , but it contains nothing of substance that will have a chance to improve the lives of any human.  It is all vanity and intellectual curiosity.  I take that back, it is all vanity.  Why not research our own planet, or the ocean depths. There might be something actually useful there. However, for the geniuses at NASA that isn't cool enough.  I really love science and think that exploration is fascinating, but NASA is funded by tax payers.   "Mars exploration missions, as do most NASA missions, can be fairly costly. For example, NASA's  Curiosity  rover  (landed on Mars in Aug 2012) has a budget exceeding $2.5 billion.  NASA also has goals of collaborating with the  European Space Agency  (ESA) in order to conduct a mission involving returning a sample of Mars soil to Earth, which would likely cost at

How come the centrist candidates aren’t making “elect-ability” the most important thing in the race. “As Democrats, we should understand that America is a great and diverse country with lots of different believes and ideals. Do we want to do what President Trump is doing and totally dismiss half the country? Or do we want a President that reaches out to moderate voters? Do we want to have slow and steady progress, or do we want to lose another election and see another four more years of lies, corruption and a megalomaniac as President? Do you want want a moderate Democratic or Trump? Because if you want to win; can all candidates with no experience, live in NY or California, tried to speak Spanish during this debate, and are proud to be radically left, please just leave the stage. You can’t win! I can win because moderate and independents needs an alternative they can live with. (Why can’t Pete Buttigieg speak with a Kennedy accent).