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Should humans go to the moon again?
Yes, to set up a moon base as a stepping stone to Mars 77%  77%  [ 10 ]
Yes, but not to set up a base 8%  8%  [ 1 ]
No, stick with probes and robots 8%  8%  [ 1 ]
No, humans should try going straight to Mars 8%  8%  [ 1 ]
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Should we go to the moon again? How?

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It is possibly unfortunate that the poll divides supporters of human spaceflight but I plumped for 1. But I'll take whatever helps take Man on what Stephen Hawking called his destiny to the stars.

Russian rocketry pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky put it rather well nearly a century ago: "The Earth is the cradle of mankind - but one cannot stay in a cradle forever."

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Paul Sutherland wrote:
It is possibly unfortunate that the poll divides supporters of human spaceflight


I know you write for The Sun, Paul, but can't you add up :?: :wink: :wink:

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LOL. That did occur to me!

And yes, I'm a bit of a media tart. As a freelance, I'll take the work from wherever it comes! :-) But anything that helps popularise science...

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stick with probes and robots. But how do I enter a vote?

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Just click one of the buttons to the left, Brian, the bullet points.

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I still don't get it,Joe. Which buttons? And where?

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Each poll option begins with a little white circle on the left, like a bullet point, that's where you click to register your vote. Are you able to see them at the top of the thread?

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Bullets? I've clicked on everything and nothing changes. :?

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brian livesey wrote:
Bullets? I've clicked on everything and nothing changes. :?

That means you may have accidentally voted before. Once you have voted that's it! If the results are on view then you have already voted. Or there's a glitch. I see that there are no votes in the "No" option.

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Do you see the poll results, Brian or just the list of questions/options?

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Just a thought but do you have cookies enabled? I've checked and your have full user privileges.

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When I clicked on the "No,stick with probes and robots" bullet, the vote didn't register in the % box next to it. Isn't it supposed to show? :?

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I've set up a test poll in this forum for you to check what you see and what happens when you vote. :-)

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