> Do you really think a robot could have fixed the Hubble the couple > times it's needed to be fixed? I really doubt it.
We could have replaced Hubble for far less than we've spent on the shuttle program. > Do you really think we could gather the information needed on how > space effects humans by a bunch of robots? We know pretty much everything we need to know by now. And if we don't send people up there, we don't need to worry about it anyway. :) > And no clear purpose? How about the survival of the species? Have you > ever heard that old saying, don't put all your eggs in one basket? This is a very troubling argument. It boils down to, "We can't stop ourselves from ruining the planet we have, so let's make sure we can move to Mars." We'd be much better off taking the untold trillions it would take to accomplish this and using it to protect what we already have. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
