On Mon, 6 Aug 2012 18:45:39 -0500, "Tim Williams"
wrote:

"flipper" wrote in message
.. .
It's a worthy accomplishment but it won't put anybody on the
International Space Station, or anywhere else, and a lack of human
launch capability doesn't quite fit the image of 'leadership in
space'.

Why would you want to put squishy meat-sacks into a partial vacuum with
abundant high-energy radiation? That sounds like a very bad idea.

Tim

"Spam in a can." With basically nothing to do but silly make-work
science fair experiments, and trying to stay alive.

Planetary science is cool, but robots do that just fine. And you don't
have to bring them back home alive.


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