[Mr. K]

"The enormous value of orange-flavored Tang aside, I don't agree with your assessment. If there was any scientific benefit at all from Apollo, it was likely negligible"

think again... there are thousands of offshoots. I am sorry but you are demonstrating a serious lack of understanding of scientific progress.

Do you know some people wanted to close the U.S. Patent office in the erlay 1900's because we hade the steam engine and everything that could be invented already was?

The benefits gained from the moon mission are well known and are not 'my assessment' or 'likely negligable'. Never substitute your opinion for knowlege. Study more.

[Alter Kaker]

think again... there are thousands of offshoots.

Except that most of the supposed "offshoots" of the manned space program are total myths.

Do you know some people wanted to close the U.S. Patent office in the erlay 1900's because we hade the steam engine and everything that could be invented already was?

And I'm not one of them. My opposition to manned space exploration (viz. unmanned) has nothing to do with opposing progress. I just don't think that it passes any remotely rational cost/benefit test.

The benefits gained from the moon mission are well known and are not 'my assessment' or 'likely negligable'.

Such as...?

[from occupied ga]

think again... there are thousands of offshoots.

Name 50 (or 49 not counting Tang)