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Van Allen Questions Human Spaceflight

Posted by michael on from the because-it's-there dept.

An anonymous reader writes "James van Allen - the discoverer of the Van Allen radiation belt - has called into question the motivations and expectations of space exploration and research, particularly manned space exploration. Van Allen comments that 'the only surviving motivation for continuing human spaceflight is the ideology of adventure.'"

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  1. That explains it! by aka-ed · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    sending astronauts outward from Earth is outdated, too costly, and the science returned is trivial.

    I'd been wondering why Bush, customarily wrong on everything, was advocating a strong space program. That guy is all about "adventure."

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  2. Re:adventure by andrews · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "You can't take the sky from me..."

    Hey look, it's a Browncoat!

    Anyone that can't see the need for real humans to explore space needs to go ahead and hop into the grave. You're already dead, you just don't realize it yet.

  3. Don't Even Need To Read The Article by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Another old-fool primate who has lived past his time to die.

    Just because he discovered something doesn't mean he's not an idiot.

    Plenty of idiots with degrees and patents and Nobel Prizes, even.

    Fuck off and die, Van Allen.

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