Moon or Mars?

Remember everyone is relying on the shuttle to complete the ISS!!!!!!

Yeah that is a bit of a pickle considering the shuttle fleet (whats left of it) is falling to pieces. Maybe when the shuttle program is ended and if the ISS is not complete...the Russians or ESA could take over the ferrying of parts (and people?) to it to complete it.

Ye id say your right paul someone else is just to take over sometime like you said the chinese or russian.....might kickstart the yanks again the race could be on :shock:

I was reading something somewhere the other day about the Chinese and their plans for space. It said something like:

Imagine seeing a sticker on the side of the ISS that says MADE IN CHINA.

The sweat shops will be bizy so :lol:

I'm giving my vote (the only one so far) to Mars. And I do so with a hypothetical thinking in mind. Mars would be the one "Great Challenge" for humanity. I know that the trip there and back would be very long for humans, and probably the intent would be to set up a base to prepare for a base rather than just scoop samples and return, but if the logistics allowed, I'd go for that over the Moon. We've been to the Moon. That's not to say I'd like to be a part of the new Manned Landings generation (like the 60's and 70's one), but I'd like to see, for certain, what Martian soil can and can't do.

Seanie.

You have company with your voting ... and your rationale behind the vote.