It doesn't really upset me that the Pluto Express might get derailed, and
it is good news that some effort will be going in to developing more efficient
means of transportation around our little system here. Pluto is a long way off,
and I know we must start somewhere inasmuch as the lead time
Is the driving force behind space exploration money(profit)? Yes.
Exploration just for the sake of exploration? Yes. Scientific investigation?
Yes. Finding more room for humans? Yes. So the answer is "All of the above,"
just as it is for nearly every aspect of human endeavor. Some of us human
ssing something
here?
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;ve got an awful lot to do
just to get us to Mars, and Pluto may just have to take a lower priority for
a while.
Watch the skies!
Gail Leatherwood
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From: "Fritz Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 2:15
> Frankly, I don't really care about the pluto mission. I'm not
> sure why everyone else does. Is there something valuable and important to
> be learned from studying pluto? Not that I can see. Am I missing
something
> here?
Yes, it's called exploration. Science is not the reason we send spa
uce.
Watch the skies!
Gail Leatherwood
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From: "Edwin Kite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: NASA Funding
>
> > Frankly, I don't really care about the pluto mission. I&#x
In a message dated 4/12/2001 1:08:45 PM Alaskan Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Yes, it's called exploration. Science is not the reason we send spacecraft
to the planets; if it was, why would NASA's budget be as large as the rest
of science - excluding medicine - put together? Science i
In a message dated 4/13/2001 10:15:25 AM Alaskan Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Is the driving force behind space exploration money(profit)? Yes.
Exploration just for the sake of exploration? Yes. Scientific
investigation? Yes. Finding more room for humans? Yes. So the answer is
"Al
