XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics   
      
   In sci.physics Fred J. McCall  wrote:   
   > Serigo  wrote:   
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   >>there is no reason for man to go to Mars.  It is rocks and sand in a   
   >>vaccum. no food, no water, no air.   
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   > Absolutely ignorant.   
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   >>send a robot.   
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   > If people aren't going there's no reason to send a robot.   
      
   It is called research.   
      
   Absent Star Trek technology, no human is going to go to most of the   
   places we send research robots.   
      
   --   
   Jim Pennino   
      
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