Re: NASA Rushing To Mars As Per Bush's Policy
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Date: 02/23/05
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:07:21 -0800
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:44:40 GMT, "Steven L."
<sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:
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>Meanwhile, scientists worry about the impact of the huge enterprise on
>other endeavors, such as astronomy, physics and climate change.
Translation: "I WANT MINE! NOW!"
If there are Earthlike planets orbiting other starts I'm sure they'll
still be there in 2012. Europa either has liquid water under the
surface or it doesn't: No one seriously gives a damn except that
they're afraid they'll have to teach Physics 101 to the freshmen next
year instead of live off a government grant.
Meanwhile the Space shuttle fleet remains grounded; the follow-on
Second Generation Shuttles are still wet dreams on somebody's drafting
board, and the cost of building these, returning to the Moon, and
manned exploration of Mars go up by the day. These goals are
attainable in the short (10-15 year) term, we've put them off far too
long already. The Space Shuttle was slated to *retire* in 2005, not
limp along for another 5-7 years. These Qwut Widdle Wobots sending
back pictures of rocks named for Harvey Comics characters are nice but
we need to put some boots on the ground to get any REAL science done.
President Bush appreciates that and I'm happy to see NASA gearing up
for the missions to come.
-- "It's a cliche that happens to be true: To win support, candidates and parties have to stand for something. They cannot be strictly against the opposition. Even worse, they cannot be for and against what the other side believes in." - Boston Globe, 1/13/05 http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/01/13/blurred_messages_from_democrats?mode=PF
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