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:   
   >>>> 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.   
   >   
      
   Non sequitur.   
      
   Almost every major space probe (what we're talking about here) is a   
   multi-billion dollar project, when all is said and done.   
      
   >>>>>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?   
   >   
      
   Ask them.  I bet NONE of them say 'pure research'.   
      
      
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