Lol pretty much. They may bring back some mineral samples and conclude that Mars is between 100 billion to 483 quintillionyears old.

Fix'd

I think discovery and exploration is important. But then I also think come on people are starving in our own countries we have to fix that first and then what about the rest of the world. We need to help the middle east and Africa and burma and Palestine etc. We can do both things simultaneously since the USA military budget is enough money to save millions upon millions of lives but funily enough we can save the world but choose not to do it. Then I start thinking about why people would want to live longer and be more depressed by what people choose to do. And then I wish I don't live that long. I won't suicide or anything but I hope a natural death comes to me sooner rather than later

Honestly couldn't care about space and whatever out there. The sun interest me but other than that I find no reason to find a way to inhabit another planet if I would have to live under a dome to breathe.

It's still going to be 'in the next 25 years' like it's always been, though that 'official goal' does make me kinda hard.
What are the odds this bill won't pass?

No. Lack of magnetic field means lethal doses of radiation.

Also the technology of actually geting alive to Mars has not been developed yet (again, lethal doses of radiation).

For some very edited reason, no.

I like how there are people here taking Hollywood for reality.

We live in a planet where to this very day we haven't bothered creating water lines to the desert for starved out tribes etc.

We are part of a species that overcharge for medicine that could save the lives of millions and overcharge for the simplest of medicine.

If there was an event that would threaten the world, the only people getting of this planet are someof the 1% who could afford it along with some scientists to help provide for them. Between this small group of people and with the technology they have, they will be able to grow humans through frozen eggs and sperm rather than transporting millions.

In other words, we are paying for the likes of Rupert Murdoch, Rockerfellas, the monarchy, etc to continue our species.

I think the military and space travel is a waste of time. If the same amount of effort was put into securing our environment and healing this planet, we wouldn't need to worry about the planet dying on us.

Spot on! I really dislike hearing some people taking such a narrow minded point of view with regards to space exploration. 

Yet what does long term space travel need?

Closed water recycling, efficient food production in hostile environments, efficient battery designs, efficient solar power designs, waste recycling, air filtering. All technologies that can help us down here. I rather have some money go into space travel than researching the next more efficient way to kill people by drone.

Some of the 1% escaping the planet, that's Hollywood. The Earth would pretty much have to break up or turn into a ball of lava before it will be easier to survive off planet.

It would indeed be nice if the military budget was spend on Nuclear fusion research, desalination plants and water pipelines. We can't even be bothered to engineer for droughts in our own countries though. Complaining about the lack of rain is easier, then worry about floods later and quickly get rid of all that water.