On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 1:57 PM, malcymo <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't such orbits require a phenominal amount of resource.
The orbit itself doesn't require phenomenal resources but the resource expenditure required to get into orbit is huge. I only wish > we could feel secure enough to devote the resources devoted to > security to such ventures. > Please correct me if I'm wrong. I interpret the above statement to mean "it would be nice if we could divert funds earmarked for national defense into space exploration". If that's the case then I agree completely. IMO it would be even better if we could divert those funds into improving education. After all, it's our children who will ultimately benefit from both exploration and education. > > Malc > > On Apr 9, 4:50 pm, Chuck Bowling <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > We've already sent 'average' human beings on long orbits around the > earth. > > Do a google search on russian space tourists. > > > > > > > > - Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -
