[Mamzelle]

It all boils down to "we should spend this money, and cripple science and exploration and innovation for the next generation-- as we did to OUR generation, because a few boys and their fanboys crave a cool ride."

[Crazieman]

You mean cripple space exploration and human expansion so we can wait for the inevitable on the planet?

[narses]

"It all boils down to "we should spend this money, and cripple science and exploration and innovation for the next generation-- as we did to OUR generation, because a few boys and their fanboys crave a cool ride.""

Nonsense.

See the NASA inspired PRIVATE efforts described at: http://www.heinleinprize.com/index.htm

[SunTzuWu]

If you insist on showing up for these threads you should at least have something new to say. But no, every time, the same old tired s**t."...a few boys and their fanboys crave a cool ride."

Why do you even bother?

[hopespringseternal]

It all boils down to "we should spend this money, and cripple science and exploration and innovation for the next generation-- as we did to OUR generation, because a few boys and their fanboys crave a cool ride."

Your point was refuted before you even made it. Maybe you should have read the article in the first before you decided to troll the thread.

Beyond preliminary surveys or investigations into places where man physically can not go (Jupiter) robots are a waste of time.