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In article <848@sagpd1.UUCP>, monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine) writes:
> In article <#*S$G+&@ads.com> pkenny@ADS.COM (Patrick Kenny) writes:
> --What we need is to develop robots to do the kind of work we are not good
> --at in space, these include building and maintaining a space station, a
> --lunar station and mining planets or asteroids for minerals.
> --
> --We need to have to robots go out and set up the environment for us to use.
> --The sooner the better.
> --
> --Man/Woman should populate space, but not before it is ready to have us.
> --
> --I believe we will get there much faster if we let the robots do all our
> --dirty work.
> 
> *&^ SUPER FLAME ON **(&*&*((*
> 	
> 	Your type is why we have a stinking, lousy educational system now!
> 
> 	Set back and let someone else do the dirty work indeed! If this 
>     attitude had been present in the 15-1600's the american indians would 
>     probably be a lot happier but where would the world be today.
> 	Sit back and let someone else do the dirty work is why Japan is
>     buying our country out from under us as we speak.
> 	Sit back and let someone else do the dirty work has always been the
>     cry of the rich and affluent. Look at every once great civilization
>     just prior to there downfall.


Actually, the posting did *not* say "let someone else do the dirty
work" -- it said "let machines do the dirty work".  This attitude
is why we have technology in the first place ... or would you want
your colonists to *walk* to other worlds?  It's a tad odd to knock
someone for wanting to use machines if your own plan is 100% 
dependent on them.

Jeff


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