Strawman
2009-07-20 18:30:52
Yeah, I don’t get all the hate for Jazz’s post either. Seems to me all he’s saying is that the nation as a whole has grown too squeamish and risk-averse to support any significant manned space exploration.
No, no, no, no, and no. It’s not about the risk. It’s about the money. Hurtling hundreds of pounds of meat through space, and keeping it alive, is a LOT more expensive than sending electronic extensions to our senses. And as a few others have pointed out, our robotics and sensors now are generations ahead of the go-carts that we used in the ’70s. Meat is obsolete.
