Tom wrote:
There's more to this than just the science (although it is also
> disastrous that we have been scrapping scientific missions to fund the ISS -
> there should be enough money for both). Maybe it's romantic of me, but I
> think humanity needs a challenge outside itself, and what could be either
> more challenging or more outside than the conquest of space? Just as the
> early explorers had no idea what they'd find when they went sailing, we don't
> know what we're going to find. But we've done great (and bad) things with
> everything else we've found and done, so the same will almost certainly be
> true of space exploration. The last thing we need, especially now, is to
> become timid and shortsighted as a species.
I don't think it's romantic at all. I think it's a vital to our
existence that we challenge ourselves in this manner.
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Doug
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Irreverence is the champion of liberty.
Mark Twain - Notebook, 1888
