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- CaptMonkey, on 04/15/2008, -0/+11And send gorillas to crush the Russian monkeys? Monkey-Gorilla Space Deathmatch!
- BoneStamp, on 04/15/2008, -0/+11To colonize it with Monkeys... obviously.
- zeromancer, on 04/15/2008, -0/+10I'm glad someone is doing it. Maybe it will inspire the US to spend a little more on science.
- groovechamp30, on 04/15/2008, -1/+8Because we want to discover more of the universe, I cant understand why people ask that question...
- CaptMonkey, on 04/15/2008, -0/+6Because a human can do something in a few minutes that would take a probe days or weeks to do. The rovers were having to examine every rock and path to make sure they didn't turn over and take things very slowly. Humans don't have to worry about that sort of stuff, they just walk. Given that humans will be there for months, they'll accomplish what would have taken rovers decades or even centuries.
And that's not to mention all of the philosophical human "need to explore" stuff. - drgn, on 04/15/2008, -0/+6I would rather go myself, why do monkeys get all the fun?
- orangefly, on 04/15/2008, -0/+6in space, no one can hear you oo oo ah ah....
- Pogojoe, on 04/15/2008, -0/+5Go Sparky!
- wiihateeveryone, on 04/15/2008, -1/+6Looking at that picture, are they also being trained to fly the space ships?
Someone Tell Karl Pilkington. - Iwantawii, on 04/15/2008, -1/+6Creationism/Evolution out the window. FACT: (in a Dwight Schrute voice) life HAPPENED and it happened here on Earth! The if/ands/buts/ors may finally dissolve with the progression of Mankind as a species. We ***** rock (no pun intended). So whatever created or sparked miracle that flourished life on this planet millions of years ago has advanced to the level that it can leap planets?! ***** YES!!! We owe it to our solar system, the Milky Way, the entire Universe to make that transition. I, for one, would be proud to make the first footstep on martian sand, even if I couldn't make it back.
Mankind, FTW. - sooch, on 04/15/2008, -0/+5Maybe now America will get off its ass...
- prleet, on 04/15/2008, -1/+5"Humanity sacrifices more than 100 million animals a year in the name of health and beauty." It sickens me that animal lives are sacrificed for "beauty." Way to go humanity!
- krolm, on 04/15/2008, -0/+4they'll give him a wii or somethin
- BoneStamp, on 04/15/2008, -0/+4From the article, "a real expedition to Mars is not likely to happen for another 10 years at the very least." I heard it's because they hired Art Lebedev to design an optimus maximus space craft where every button has a small OLED screen inside of it.
- HotSaucePanCake, on 04/15/2008, -0/+4Planet of the Apes was a documentary sent back in time, just you watch...
- yujie, on 04/15/2008, -1/+4Won't the monkey evolve into a higher intelligence species and rule over mankind as a result of his experience?
- Neelakantha, on 04/15/2008, -0/+3may be a good trial!
- nimbletimble, on 04/15/2008, -0/+3which one? Mickey Dolenz would be my first choice
- Nelka, on 04/15/2008, -2/+4Sooch - I was thinking something along the same lines. America seems to respond to competition. This is the good kind of competition that will put more focus on math and science education.
- analbumcover96, on 04/15/2008, -1/+3"Damn dirty Apes!!
Damn you all to Hell" - MacEnvy, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2We send Charlton Heston to tell them how damned and dirty and apelike they are.
(Too soon?) - Mendeleev135, on 04/15/2008, -3/+5"Humanity sacrifices more than 100 million animals a year in the name of health and beauty."
That line is a bit of a grim look at what we're doing to the other animals on the planet really isn't it? (well, it is in my opinion)
As a scientist though, I think its good that we go to Mars... need to find somewhere else to live when Earth curls up into a ball and cries due to all the Carbon Dioxide (none of it being our fault of course...) xD - Zarokima, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1We take them to our leader.
Alternatively, they'll have come here to serve us. - Schrodinger2, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2хорошо!
- cricke, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2Monkey news! you little..
- tattertech, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1But what we do when they master space travel and return!?
- Zarokima, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1fun, spacey death
- Jonathan360, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2im glad some country is at least trying to get to mars, unlike the U.S; we just send stupid R/C cars up there
good post - takeo1775, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1if there was life on mars they'll just think we're a bunch of raving monkeys *looks a colleagues* .. oh wait
- SpaceMonkeyZero, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Thars Gold up in them thar Martian hills!
- Techno, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2Any earlier in the month and I would have thought that this was an April Fools joke.
- inactive, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Ah just like the old days.
- panzermeyer, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1My favorite animal uses the Russian invented were anti-tank dogs in WWII. Only problem is, they ended up running under any tank, including the Russian ones. Good times!
- jjustice, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Who needs radiation? Make sure you test them for the rage virus first! "28 Years Later", anyone? Zombie Martians ftw.
- grantmoore3d, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1If science fiction has taught me anything, it's that if you send a monkey into deep space full of radiation, that monkey will come back either super intelligent, or extremely large and bent on destruction.
- abuelos84, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1gorillas... differ from "monkeys" in...
- jamiesc, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1America is working on putting a space center on the moon for eventual launches to Mars. I read about it and got the link to this story at http://infoaddict.com. America isn't using animals in their moon/mars missions as far as I know though.
- abuelos84, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Duh! Because it's cool... and red
- tattertech, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Yeah... they would come here to serve man.
- abuelos84, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1хорошо to you!
- BabyWookie, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Not all of us are delusional Trekie *****.
- craighoxton, on 04/15/2008, -2/+2They've outsourced it to Bangalore?
- mindsnare, on 04/15/2008, -2/+2why do monkeys get all the death you mean?
- krolm, on 04/15/2008, -1/+1monkey see monkey do
- MacParrot, on 04/15/2008, -2/+2I for one welcome our new Soviet monkey Overloads
or maybe...
In Soviet Monkey Russia, Mars conquers YOU!
ok, digg me down as I thoroughly deserve it. - cdavies, on 04/15/2008, -1/+1That's going to be one seriously bored monkey. After a couple of weeks, isn't it just going to go insane and batter itself against the sides of the capsule, or just stop eating until it dies or something?
- evilworm, on 04/16/2008, -0/+0Think about this - humans have evolved from monkeys. Now we are sending monkeys to mars. It looks to me as history is repeating itself, because many many years ago there was a society there which thought they could colonize earth because they were on the way to destruction. In some way they failed, but something still remains - we!
- PeterODactyl, on 04/15/2008, -2/+2What's the big deal? We let one run our country.
- Kapitaine, on 04/15/2008, -11/+2Can someone remind me exactly WHY we are going to Mars anyway?
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