[hinckley buzzard]

We don't need manned aircraft based on carriers but we do need to go to Mars?

Fascinating...but illogical.

[varmintman]

I didn’t say we don’t need them, I said it was less than obvious.

[cunning_fish]

To be fair it seems like carriers are slowly getting about as absolete as battleships at the time.
There are more and more affordable means to effectively destroy them available each year.