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      <title>Comments On: Will We Be on Mars in Twenty Years?
    
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    <author><![CDATA[human in training]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I'm fascinated and excited about space exploration, but when it's a matter of a finite amount of money, brains, and time -- and that's what it is -- how about we figure out Earth first?
        
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      <![CDATA[We pretty much have the technology to do it already. The problem is political will. There is none and none in sight. I've heard mention that a competition will arise with the Chinese when they try to go to Mars but I just don't think that will happen. We haven't been trying to keep up with China for decades, there's no Chinese Cold War, we just don't give a shit.
        
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      <![CDATA[STAY TUNED FOR PAUL'S NEXT COLUMN, "WILL I EAT A SANDWICH LATER?"
        
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      <![CDATA[Unless the Mars rover discovers Unobtainiom just beneath the surface, I doubt we'll be going there in person anytime soon.
        
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      <![CDATA[its happening now!<br>
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<a href="http://mars-one.com/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mars-one.com/en/</a>
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Todd Mecklem]]></author>
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      <![CDATA["But what do I know?"<br>
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Exactly, Paul.
        
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      <![CDATA[Well, as a vegan, I...
        
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