Re: Barack Obama Publishes His Space Policy

Quadibloc <jsavard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:On Jan 14, 2:02 am, Fred J. McCall <fmcc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:> jacob navia <ja...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:
:> :This demonstrates that you can build a space program based exclusively
:> :on robots.
:>
:> Sure you can, BUT WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO?
:>
:
:Because you can't afford anything better?
:

That's hardly a recommendation for why WE should do it that way. It
also doesn't address the question.

:
:Sending people to Mars, however, costs more money than unmanned space
:exploration. So much more that it is unclear that the American people
:want to spend that much money.
:

So why do "unmanned space exploration" (which isn't 'exploration' at
all, really) if people are never going?

:
:However, with current improvements in computers and electronics, and
:given that the Moon is so much closer than Mars, I suppose one could
:(but because unmanned science is so unexciting, probably one cannot,
:either) hope for an unmanned sample return by the U.S. on or before
:2016 as a *cheap* way to demonstrate China is still outclassed, and to
:complete the geological study of the Moon cut short by the early end
:to the Apollo program.
:

We already have all the samples we need. China was outclassed back in
the 1960's when we went and got them. There's no need to collect more
(small) samples just to be collecting them, so why bother?

:
:both Obama and HIllary are unpopular, divisive
:candidates...
:

What's unpopular and divisive about Obama?


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