The Chinese come to the rescue of NASA and the movie literally concludes with one of the American heroes fist-bumping a Chinese astronaut on a joint mission back to Mars. It's a sad reminder of how bad the new cold war has become in just a few years.
2015: :wholesome: We can explore space together! :solidarity:
2022: President Xi is going to invade Taiwan at any moment LAUNCH THE NUKES NOW! :guts-rage:
:sadness:
Why do anything ever?
Word. We're all just sitting around waiting for death. At some point you do stuff just to have something to do.
Let’s work on eventually expanding life beyond one planet. Lifetimes of work. The space race has given better technology for terrestrial purposes. It will continue to do so.