Van Allen Questions Human Spaceflight

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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[mattkime]

sorry, i'm a sucker to reply to your sig but...

do you think voting third party will bring real change if bush is re-elected?

I understand that Kerry is not an ideal candidate, but politics is about compromise.