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- From: Jim O'Brien <jzo@inel.gov>
- Subject: Re: Justification for the Space Program
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.015703.7275@inel.gov>
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 01:57:03 GMT
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- Subject: Justification for the Space Program
- From: RWTMS2::MUNIZB, MUNIZB%RWTMS2.decnet@beach.rockwell.com
- Date: 23 Jan 93 02:59:07 GMT
- In article <C1ADyE.9FJ.1@cs.cmu.edu> RWTMS2::MUNIZB,
- MUNIZB%RWTMS2.decnet@beach.rockwell.com writes:
- >I know that the discussion regarding the justification for the space
- >program died out about 2 weeks ago, but I just bought a book related to
- >the subject and I was wondering if anyone on the net has read it.
- >
- >It's called "Breakout Into Space, Mission for a Generation" by George
- >Henry Elias. The cover blurb reads in part: "(the book) presents a
- >broadly, efficiently argued case for moving civilization beyond Earth's
- >limits and into the solar system. (Elias) explores the environmental,
- >economic,, and political benefits of space settlement. Inhabiting space
- >is no longer science fiction, but human necessity - and destiny . . .
- >The establishment of a space civilization is an essential part of the
- >effort to preserve the environment, prevent global war, and provide a
- >stable economic future".
- >
- >Any comments about the book, either pro or con?
- >
- >Disclaimer: Opinions stated are solely my own (unless I change my mind).
- >Ben Muniz MUNIZB%RWTMS2.decnet@consrt.rockwell.com w(818)586-3578
- >Space Station Freedom:Rocketdyne/Rockwell:Structural Loads and Dynamics
- > "Man will not fly for fifty years": Wilbur to Orville Wright, 1901
-
- Don't know anything about the book, but I'll stay stuck to this beautiful
- green and blue planet for a while, thank you. I think this is a totally
- unrealistic and ridiculous justification for the space program. Pursuit
- of basic scientific knowledge should be our focus, at least for the
- forseeable future.
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