Dale.Amon%CMU-RI-FAS@sri-unix.UUCP (03/12/84)
I used the above title, for those familiar with the similarly named book because the preceding arguments on manned vs unmanned (and arguments going back to the early days with Van Allen) miss a very important point, a very human point. We go to EXPERIENCE the universe. A photo of Saturn's rings does little more than whet the appettite to BE there, to see the enormous rings stretching across a black sky. We are pushing for the space station because it brings closer the day when those of us bantering on the network will personally go. Vicarious experience can never hope to match reality. Worried aboout the tax dollars? Well there is nothing else the government is doing that I care to have MY tax dollars used for. If we didn't have the high taxes, economic interference, etc, we would indeed not require federal help. "Mais, c'est ne pas le mieux des mondes possible, Cunegonde." D.Amon, Pgh-L5