Re: ....Question? Have They Found a Reason to go 'To the Moon and Mars' Yet???


Jeff Findley wrote:
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To you, perhaps, not to everyone - this is where the emotion comes in.
You can't just -say- the Moon and Mars are so interesting that it's
worth billions upon billions of dollars to get there - you have to
fully justify the cost/interest ratio. There are a LOT of interesting
things in the universe, and we have a limited supply of funds. You
have to make your case, which you haven't, that the Moon and Mars are
more interesting than, say, figuring out how to cure prion diseases.

You ignore the fact that the scientists working in these fields often have
extremely different educations, professional experiences, and even personal
interests. In other words, scientists aren't as fungible as unskilled
labor. You can't take a team of scientists who's field is lunar geology and
stick them on a team that's trying to cure prion diseases and expect to get
results.

Jeff

You act like lunar geologists have a right to a living. They don't.
They'll be out of work, prion biologists will get more jobs. Doesnt
have to be the same people.
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