Re: some here will find this amusing

On Sunday 18 January 2004 02:45, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
> > Still, wouldn't it make more sense to spend this money on education or
> > social issues ?
>
>   The problem, I think, is that there will always be an education or
> social issue.

As glaring as it is now ? I don't mean just the US, I mean globally.

The current state of the world is nothing like what it was when the Apollo 
program started. We hardly lack new technologies, quite the contrary most are 
purposely kept on hold until the market is ready for them. And the rift 
between industrialized and 3rd world countries has widened in huge 
proportions.

Also, we already have the technology to send people to the moon. Why would 
that trigger any new research ? It seems I'm not the only one to think this 
way :

http://www.floridatoday.com/news/space/stories/2004a/011804politics.htm

And if you aim beyond the Moon and Mars, then you pretty much have to 
reconsider space travel altogether, go back to fundamental physics, and hope 
for two things :
- Einstein was wrong and it's possible to travel faster than light
- We'll find a way to achieve such speeds

So to expect that a new Space program will have the same benefits as the 1st 
one in a completely different situation appears a bit far fetched to me.

-- 
						Guillaume.
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