# Are we already capable of going to Mars this very instant but just unwilling? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Tags:** ai\ **Created:** [March 4, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-already-capable-of-going-to-mars-this-very-instant-but-just-unwilling/1015115 "2025-03-04T17:01:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 207
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-already-capable-of-going-to-mars-this-very-instant-but-just-unwilling/1015115/207 "2025-03-30T05:53:14Z")
This is the state of hall passery in 2017 [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPUdcpenkprQHG5m06KJzWPFL-cFcayhDmCKNJLT9Y2uFkDCBIVF-gKPR1EkuyQJxcXAN3vOi4tq_g8CxkMVGMVOCNBodzzJIbyjvoLP_pCS1edO90=w600-h315-p-k "Molded hall pass") ](https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipN62fHVHPiClNbpnFVETyRx4ac5jexTH-NQU4fCcW8BgT9xzFlWwCXuR9WXlwFMFg?key=UDF6ZE14VGVqOWI5N3RfUERkVUowa2tuRmFmUi13) (From this thread) > [@Latex casting (or something similar)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latex-casting-or-something-similar/776012): > > I have a hall pass which I made using a 3D printer. I like the shape of it, but I’ve found that it’s not as durable as I’d like: It sometimes gets dropped on hard tile floors, and (even though it shouldn’t) sometimes even gets thrown or kicked. So it’s chipping and wearing on the edges. I think that it would be more durable if, instead of PLA plastic, it were made of some sort of rubber-like material. So my thought is to print a new one, and then use it to make a plaster mold. I’m pretty c… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-already-capable-of-going-to-mars-this-very-instant-but-just-unwilling/1015115)._