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Seems to me that countries grapple with the costs of sending people and to
some extent, other craft into space for anything but boring commercial uses. However, a look back at the history of humans shows that we have always explored and yet in almost all cases, there was no known pay off at the end of it. Often there was none, but sometimes there was of course. So, we wrestle with the 'why spend money to arse about in space and maybe lose lives' syndrome. The reason is, there is no reason other than we seem to need to do it. Its in our make up. Should not this be seen as a good enough reason? OK, so the Shuttle costs a bomb and indeed so will any human transportation system with its, or better capabilities, In real terms though, compared with money wasted on stupid arms schemes, and over administration inefficiencies, its pretty cheap per person per year. So I suspect that Orion will not be great, as its just another bit of tin can technology. Maybe after seeing how humans need to be able to go hands on to fix stuff out in space, some enterprising person will find a way to get this sort of technology out to old satellites to either bring them back or fix them, cutting the debris problem over time. It also of course, shows how poor we still are at making systems that last a significant time in the alien environment. You will need to be damn sure of your repair capabilities if you intend to live on Mars! Brian -- Brian Gaff - Note:- In order to reduce spam, any email without 'Brian Gaff' in the display name may be lost. Blind user, so no pictures please! |
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