XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics   
      
   In sci.physics Fred J. McCall  wrote:   
   > jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >   
   >>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall  wrote:   
   >>> Serigo  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>there is no reason for man to go to Mars.  It is rocks and sand in a   
   >>>>vaccum. no food, no water, no air.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Absolutely ignorant.   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>send a robot.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> If people aren't going there's no reason to send a robot.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>It is called research.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Real research has some goal.  Why research something you're never   
   > going to get near or use for anything?   
      
   Does the term "pure research" mean anything to you?   
      
   >>Absent Star Trek technology, no human is going to go to most of the   
   >>places we send research robots.   
   >>   
   >   
   > So why are we sending them?   
      
   Pure research obviously.   
      
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