On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 15:01:40 -0800, you ("Dale Ireland" <direland@drdale.com>) wrote: >You can read the whole thing at >http://www.globe.com/dailyglobe2/035/oped/Rebuilding_the_dream_of_space_expl >oration+.shtml >If you can get past the popup ads. I've seen nothing pop up, FWIW. Quote: "But while tragedy catches our elusive attention, we have to ask a more basic question: What is the goal -- the mission, as NASA describes every liftoff -- for which we can justify sending eager astronauts on a risky venture?" It's not so much a question of who or if, sending people on that risky trip. It's more of a question of wether there are people willing to take the risk and go, and what can we do to help them make it less risky. No one gets "sent", these are not soldiers on a military mission. They're all volunteers. Quote: "Where are we going when it's a ''go''?" When I open the front page of the NASA website (www.nasa.gov), I see three major subjects prominently presented. They say: "Improve Life Here - Extend Life To There - Find Life Beyond". That's, in a nutshell, where and why "we're" going. I for one don't find that too difficult to understand. Quote: "Forgive me if I trivialize the work, but do we want to risk lives for perfume and ants?" Who is "we" in this context? That's not just trivializing (badly and shamefully), that's overbearing. CU! Markus ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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