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Don't gamble on a joyride to Mars and back.
Then forget about it like the Moon project,
Bragging that we did it.
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Or, after the loss of astronauts, shut down the project
Becaouse it is too dangerous.
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So many things have to go right
As exemplified by all the lost Mars probes.
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Let the robots do it for a few years more,
Preparing a Mars station for permanent occupancy.
The send a couple of Space Crash Test Dummies,
Before the live astronauts.
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It is too important,
Not to hope for gamblers luck, as in the Moon project,
Where a pen was substituted for the broken takeoff switch.
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All hardware and software design should be public and approved by multiple teams.
(There have been several software related space probe losses)
(Space shuttle losses were management related.)
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Think and plan
Over and over again.
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