Not political debate for me, being British, merely an observation.
Unfortunately, as research has no profit margin, it will always be
Government funded, thus you cannot separate politics from space exploration.

Brian

--
Brian Gaff....
graphics are great, but the blind can't hear them
Email:
__________________________________________________ __________________________
__________________________________


"Lynndel Humphreys" wrote in message
...
| The mystique of manned missions to the planets will always remain.
However,
| an automated heavy duty exploration system would be more useful. The
| excitement of manned missions and the can do attitude of the
| Mercury-Gemini-Apollo era is not there,especially the space culture has
| dwindled.
|
| The alternate energy program was squashed by the oil barons. Do you
believe
| the oil cartel barons look fondly on oil independence?
|
| The space program is not petroleum dependent. Go HYDROGEN ECONOMY. or
| natural gas. BUY a hybrid car. Support alternate fuel economic stimulus
| programs. Be active in political debate but not on this newsgroup.
|
|
|
|
|
| -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
| http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
| -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----


---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free, so there!
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.547 / Virus Database: 340 - Release Date: 02/12/03