Worth The Mission?

h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

My thoughts on whether or not to fly Shuttle, and the cult of
astronaut worship:

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q...UxNjE5MjM1OTE=

You only made one error - but it's the same one most space cadets
make. You fail to realize the 99% of *all* exploration is tooling
around in circles with what amounts to 'science fair' equipment.
Armstrong or Admunsen - they both represent what should be an
invisible minority of media stunts, instead, everyone seems to think
they represent the ne plus ultra of exploration.

Don't take the general public to task for a failing (astronaut
worship) that you suffer from yourself.

D.
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-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL