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Article #6036Re: Are We Exploring Space? (also: Manned vs. Unmanned)
From: Michael A. Pasek
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 15:35
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 15:35
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In article <11154@thorin.cs.unc.edu> leech@cezanne.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan Leech) writes: >In article <14994@bfmny0.UU.NET> tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) writes: >> .....Bootprints are a prestige frill.......... >....Robots are better suited to remote sensing missions........ From my perspective (No, I'm not a "scientist" with 20 PhD's ;-) ), the ONLY reason for doing anything in space is to allow us (read "humans") to someday be able to travel and live there. All the preliminaries, such as "data gathering" or "exploration" or "research", are just that: PRELIMINARIES. If you want to get the public behind space exploration, then keep the final goal (human travel/settlement in space) at the highest priority at all times. All the other goals (heliosphere exploration, extra-solar exploration, etc.) will happen -- not as ends in themselves, but as a byproduct of human space travel and settlement. Just my $.02. M. A. Pasek Switching Software Development NCR Comten, Inc. (612) 638-7668 CNG-er-PU4-er-NPM Development 2700 N. Snelling Ave. pasek@c10sd3.StPaul.NCR.COM Roseville, MN 55113 toward the
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcce!pasek From: pasek@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Michael A. Pasek) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Are We Exploring Space? (also: Manned vs. Unmanned) Summary: I just wanna go! Keywords: Manned, Exploration Message-ID: <1784@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> Date: 14 Dec 89 15:35:43 GMT References: <6795@shlump.nac.dec.com> <1989Dec12.022557.6690@utzoo.uucp> <14990@bfmny0.UU.NET> <1989Dec13.044849.12140@utzoo.uucp> <14994@bfmny0.UU.NET> <11154@thorin.cs.unc.edu> Reply-To: pasek@c10sd3.StPaul.NCR.COM (M. A. Pasek) Followup-To: sci.space Organization: NCR Comten, Inc. Lines: 21