On: SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight

[seanflyon]

Are you suggesting we send several generations of robots to Mars first? That's a great idea and exactly what we have been doing for decades.

[melling → seanflyon]

Yeah, didn't we land something there a decade ago? And the decade before that?

[icebraining → melling]

And four decades ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_program