Posted on 08/21/2005 9:03:47 AM PDT by FReepaholic
Sniping at details does not make the essential point invalid- the space program is the greatest single concept peacetime science driver the planet has ever known. NASA is now the primary basic research institution in the country, bigger than MIT or Stanford or Los Alamos, etc. It has an entire devision dedicated to offering newly discovered technology and manufacturing processes to industry. Manned space exploration is crucial to the future of humanity, even if it's a hole card against cometary armageddon.
Walter
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The trick is to think in terms of space development. Gov't will never do this. The State would if its institutions were properly organized.
NEVER TO FLY AGAIN
Geez Louize! What a fricking albatros!
What sort of viable space plane requires it's own private 747 to get around? How many million is that? How much per hour to fly the 747? Of course the 747 has absolutely no other function in life. How much to maintin this single use once every couple years 747? AND .... AND .... AND ...Its unsafe to fly.
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