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Originally Posted by Hektore
As far as who does it? The more the merrier. I only wish we could pool our resources more effectively and possibly accomplish more, faster. I think it would be useful to stop thinking about America/NASA putting a man on Mars and start thinking about Earth putting a person on Mars. From there, who knows what's next. Hopefully a moon colony but we have a long way to go before that.
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My SO and I were talking about this last night. I believe the next great advance in spaceflight is going to have to be a joint effort, bringing together the world's space agencies in cooperation with one another. I think space exploration makes vital contributions to technology, and it gives us a reason to invent and innovate. Inventions and innovations for space often have practical applications here on Earth.
Educationally speaking, we made some of the greatest leaps during the Space Race because of investments made in math and science education during that period. I'd like to see something similar happen again. We need it.