At 06:39 PM 7/18/01 +0100 Andrew Crystall wrote:
>> >I don't know...we have the tech for a Mars colony now..but no-one
>> >will put up the money involved...
>>
>> We have the technology to build a Great Wall from Seattle to Boston,
>> but nobody will put up the money for that either.
>>
>> It's called cost-benefit analysis. Its not just a good idea, its the
>> Law.
>
>Yeah, but in this case, there ARE benefits..HUGE PR benefits for
>starters, before you even start cinsidering the science that could be
>done.
But the costs are..... well.... out of this world.
<ducking>
JDG
P.S. Seriously, nobody argues that there are *no* benefits to going to
Mars. Its just that if you compare the costs to, say, the costs of oh, a
second Hubble-like telescope, and the benefit - a manned mission to Mars
just doesn't even come close.
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