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:   
   >>> 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.   
      
   Non sequitur.   
      
   Few pure research projects are multi-billion dollar projects.   
      
   >>>>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.   
      
   Yeah, I guess understanding the universe is a waste of time and resources.   
      
   >>   
   >>Why did people build telescopes and look at the sky in the 18th Century?   
   >>   
   >   
   > Ask them.  I bet NONE of them say 'pure research'.   
      
   If it wasn't pure research, what was the practical application of looking   
   at the sky in the 18th Century?   
      
      
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