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Subject: Justification for the Space Program
From: RWTMS2::MUNIZB, MUNIZB%RWTMS2.decnet@beach.rockwell.com
Date: 23 Jan 93 02:59:07 GMT
In article <C1ADyE.9FJ.1@cs.cmu.edu> RWTMS2::MUNIZB,
MUNIZB%RWTMS2.decnet@beach.rockwell.com writes:
>I know that the discussion regarding the justification for the space 
>program died out about 2 weeks ago, but I just bought a book related to 
>the subject and I was wondering if anyone on the net has read it.
>
>It's called "Breakout Into Space, Mission for a Generation" by George 
>Henry Elias.  The cover blurb reads in part: "(the book) presents a 
>broadly, efficiently argued case for moving civilization beyond Earth's 
>limits and into the solar system. (Elias) explores the environmental, 
>economic,, and political benefits of space settlement.  Inhabiting space 
>is no longer science fiction, but human necessity - and destiny . . . 
>The establishment of a space civilization is an essential part of the 
>effort to preserve the environment, prevent global war, and provide a 
>stable economic future".
>
>Any comments about the book, either pro or con?
>
>Disclaimer: Opinions stated are solely my own (unless I change my mind).
>Ben Muniz     MUNIZB%RWTMS2.decnet@consrt.rockwell.com    w(818)586-3578
>Space Station Freedom:Rocketdyne/Rockwell:Structural Loads and Dynamics
>   "Man will not fly for fifty years": Wilbur to Orville Wright, 1901

Don't know anything about the book, but I'll stay stuck to this beautiful
green and blue planet for a while, thank you.  I think this is a totally
unrealistic and ridiculous justification for the space program.  Pursuit
of basic scientific knowledge should be our focus, at least for the
forseeable future.



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Jim O'Brien
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Just SLIPpin' along...


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