> almost every message is griping about cost and > how "impractical" it is.
It is by definition impractical. We don't have the technology or the money to send men to Mars.
> I thought knowledge, science and engineering > were values, not budget categories.
We can get plenty of knowledge with cheap, unmanned missions and to say that the cost is not a factor is unreasonable. Cost should always be a factor when dealing with the public's money.
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> almost every message is griping about cost and
> how "impractical" it is.
It is by definition impractical. We don't have
the technology or the money to send men to Mars.
> I thought knowledge, science and engineering
> were values, not budget categories.
We can get plenty of knowledge with cheap,
unmanned missions and to say that the cost is
not a factor is unreasonable. Cost should always
be a factor when dealing with the public's money.