Re: NASA gets SGI 2048-core Itanium 2 supercomputer
- From: koehler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bob Koehler)
- Date: 4 Dec 2007 15:53:02 -0600
In article <474fa7bd$0$7608$157c6196@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Dr. Dweeb" <spam@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Can someone give me one, clear, unequivocal reason why manned space flight
out of earth's orbit in any way justifies its cost relative to unmanned
missions (which are massively less expensive) to other solar system bodies?
This clearly depends on what kind of benefit you're looking for, or
willing to accept.
As a scientist I do not like the corresponding reduction in NASA
science programs that came with the change of direction. As an
engineer I am excited about the challenges. As a human being I don't
want to be fenced in, and am excited about further exploration.
As a practical matter there are things a human being can do that a
machine can't. And there are things a machine can do that a human
can't. We need some of both.
I was happy to see human's first step on the moon. I, too, never
thought I'd live to see the last.
.
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