From: plethora@pinatas.com   
      
   "Dre"  wrote in message   
   news:bv0ov1$c3r$1@hercules.btinternet.com...   
   >   
   > "Henry Spencer"  wrote in message   
   > news:Hs11Gt.19y@spsystems.net...   
   > > In article ,   
   > > Doc  wrote:   
   > > >Among all the hoopla surrounding the latest Mars explorer, what I   
   > > >haven't heard is what this one will do that the previous ones didn't?   
   > > >...I also haven't seen a pricetag on the things. Anybody?   
   > >   
   > > "Let those who complain that too much money is being spent on abstract   
   > > knowledge while people are starving remember this:  The alternative to   
   > > knowledge is savagery.  Their very existence as stowaways on the voyage   
   > > of civilization is owing to advances in science which permit some to   
   > > live without doing their share of the work.  Let them be tolerant, then,   
   > > lest by encumbering the useful ones they destroy the thing which keeps   
   > > them alive."    -- George Ellery Hale   
   > >   
   > > --   
   > > MOST launched 30 June; science observations running     |   Henry   
   Spencer   
   > > since Oct; first surprises seen; papers pending.        |   
   > henry@spsystems.net   
   >   
   > Now what do you think that mean Henry, since it can be looked upon it   
   > different lights? As an aeronautical engineering student, I am very much   
   for   
   > space exploration and opening doors for mankind, but I am also doing my   
   bit   
   > and helping today's "starving people", since many of them are in their   
   > predicament because their inherent wealth has been taken and now funds   
   such   
   > missions.   
      
   What starving people have had their wealth taken from them in order to fund   
   the Mars exploration program?   
      
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