Life & fun · February 26, 2023
Martian Technology (Audio-Article)
Martian Technology (Audio-Article) launched on February 26, 2023 with 6 votes, #1,670 of 3,829 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
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Hyperion / Research
It's evident to all that in 2023 we cannot travel to Mars. No humans have ever visited Mars. No one lives there. However because the literal idea of Mars plays such a prominent role in science-fiction and in industries such as Hollywood, I would argue that conceptually Mars already offers economic value. Consider the blockbuster Matt Damon film, the Martian, which is concerned with the human exploration of the Red Planet. US public sector investment into Mars, especially that via NASA, is not accounted as 'Martian', yet the R&D value derived from the data is made possible by the existence of Mars - the Planet - and would not exist without it. Mars already offers economic value to people on…from hyperion.winterdelta.com
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