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To: Army Air Corps; HEY4QDEMS
People said the same things about the earliest Atlantic crossings.

True. However, today we have unmanned probes that are infinitely more capable than manned spacecraft and much cheaper in treasure and lives. Ferdinand and Isabella didn't have the option of sending probes.

36 posted on 06/12/2007 5:10:41 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

You don’t colonise and exploit resources with probes.


39 posted on 06/12/2007 5:12:17 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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