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Sander Vesik wrote:

For years, the science community has complained that all the money
spent on manned space travel could be better spent doing science with
unmanned probes.

The Bush administration is rejecting that and turning it on its head.
They are essentially saying that it is unmanned space science that is
holding back the manned exploration of space.

What use is manned space explorartion as things stand now and considering
that teh same administration hasn't provided even one reason or goal for
said manned explorartion?

Well, the administration hasn't given us anything yet. They've only
leaked rumors that they're going to be talking about it next week.
Perhaps some reasons will be given then, for those listeners who don't
find the reasons for manned space development (let's not say
"exploration" since that is rather pointless) to be self-evident.

What does man setting foot there give us over a robot doing so ?

Why, it gives us men (and women) there, of course. And that is the
whole point. The only way to get humanity off the Earth is to start
getting humanity off the Earth.

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