Re: (meteorobs) Perspective

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Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Perspective
From: "Robert J. Gardner" <rendrag@earthlinkdot net>
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2003 13:54:35 -0800
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Michael;   If we did not spend one cent on space exploration those 
millions in Africa would still be dying as well as all of the cancer 
victims.  It is the hope that our space exploration will benefit all of 
mankind including those starving millions in Africa and those that are 
today dying of cancer.  Our manned space program has sucked up a lot of 
the money that could have been better spent on unmanned space 
exploration.  Robots could do a better job and do not require a life 
support system.  Further when a robot crashes there are no destitute 
family left behind.

Michael Linnolt wrote:

>While clearing my mailbox of this deluge of messages on the shuttle tragedy, it occured to me how little news is accorded to the 1000's of people who die of starvation in Africa and to the 500,000 or more who die of cancer in the US every year... Now where should we be spending the billions of dollars it will cost to figure out a more reliable spaceship?
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