THRAWN RICKLE: TO GO WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE

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Tuesday, October 28, 2003

TO GO WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE

The two space shuttle disasters caused a lot of people to stop and reconsider America’s space effort. We are expending a great deal of money for the privilege of watching a few individuals spend a limited number of hours in orbit around this planet. What’s it all about? Why are we doing this? What is the benefit? There are plenty of scientists who disapprove of man’s role in the space program. Professor Robert Parks from University of Maryland, for example, wrote some time ago in Ad Astra, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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