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Old 05-14-2008, 08:54 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by GOD_OF_MUAYTHAI View Post
well thats my point. more funding should go into the engineering aspect of making it more effecient but instead the funding is used to use obsolete and ineffecient technology. I believe the whole program should be completly re-organized. the science behind it all has advanced significantly since the 80's yet we still use the same technology.unmanned space exploration is no substitute for manned exploration.
It's not going to happen in our lifetime. It currently takes 7 years to get an unmannned vessel from Earth to Mercury. I don't really think that you guys are understanding how far we would have to travel. Plus we would have to be able to navigate through an asteroid belt.
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