XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics   
   From: fjmccall@gmail.com   
      
   jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
      
   >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?   
   >   
      
   Yeah.  It means we shouldn't be engaging in multi-billion dollar   
   projects to do it.   
      
   >>>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.   
   >   
      
   A stupendous waste of resources, obviously.   
      
   >   
   >Why did people build telescopes and look at the sky in the 18th Century?   
   >   
      
   Ask them.  I bet NONE of them say 'pure research'.   
      
      
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