Re: Sickening Discussion

hpywife927_at_yahoo.com
Date: 01/05/05 

Date: 5 Jan 2005 00:58:32 -0800

Mr. Martin,
Your "logic" is pathetic. So, in your view, robots can do better than
people? If memory serves, this same discussion went on during Apollo.
The fact is, robots cannot feel, taste, smell, nor have HUMAN REACTIONS
to what they find. Do you think this is a waste of money? As for
landing a human body on Mars, we could have done so DECADES ago if we'd
had the foresight and determination to do so. It is people like you
who keep shutting that project down...just like we stopped Apollo and
allowed an ERRANT PENTAGON SATELLITE to discover water on the Moon! In
my opinion, that was the single-greatest embarrassment NASA has ever
had. At the time of that news conference, I was holding a college
astronomy textbook in my hand that SWORE there was no water on the
Moon! So, how did 12 men miss it, and a piece of crap satellite pick
it up? FUNDING. Why don't we get our focus back, and honor those who
have given their lives in the pursuit of space exploration, instead of
relying upon technology to do OUR work for us? NO robot will EVER
replace the human will, spirit, or mind.

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