Yes, but sending a robot out has nowhere near the PR potential as a live person. And it's been done already. Besides, as a species, we can't actually say we walked there unless one of our feet hits the dirt.
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Chris Dunford <[email protected]> wrote: >> Huh? I thought NASA's moon program is, unfortunately, still alive and sorta >> on schedule. We're abandoning our plans for a space station after our >> commitments are done and putting all our eggs into Ares/Orion. > > As of this moment, it still is alive. However, a White House panel of experts > has recommended canceling the moon plan in favor of other ways to get to > Mars. I wish they'd recommended canceling the > whole manned space program instead. It's staggeringly expensive and serves no > clear purpose. Satellites and robots can do far more for far less. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
