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Space cadets?( )(Letter to the editor)
As a longtime space advocate, I must take issue with John Derbyshire's article "Space Is for Science" (June 5). Yes, space science is very important, but what really advances the human spirit is human beings' exploring, and eventually living in, new frontiers. Space, the "final frontier," needs to be explored by people, and money must be allocated to this, even, I would contend, at the expense of unmanned scientific missions. While the private-enterprise space industry is finally starting to become a reality, major projects like moon bases and missions to Mars must still be funded by governments, because the expense is beyond private resources. Reasonable minds can disagree about the proper allocation of limited resources between human and robotic exploration of space. But let us not doubt that ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Space cadets?( )(Letter to the editor)