Sander Vesik wrote:
In sci.space.policy Scott Hedrick wrote:

"WarrenB" wrote in message
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WHAT IDIOTS SPEND MONEY ON GOING TO THE MOON

The Japanese and Europeans, of course.

Isn't the European bird about to arrive after taking a *year* to get there?



Umm... Why should it have tried to get there faster? SMART-1 is a nice
cheap satellite - wheres the glory in mindlessly dumping money on
probes that could just as well be done cheaper?



You could try educating Scott about the potential of probes using ion
engines and inexpensive miniaturized components. But it would be wasted
effort. Hedrick is an idiot.

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