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- From: mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel)
- Subject: Re: "What's New" July-24-1992
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.031919.27918@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
- Organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
- References: <92206.204426WTU@psuvm.psu.edu> <JMC.92Jul25123947@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 03:19:19 GMT
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- In article <JMC.92Jul25123947@SAIL.Stanford.EDU> jmc@cs.Stanford.EDU writes:
- >The reason for the space station is only marginally science and
- >even more marginally prestige. The space station is a start on
- >human expansion into the solar system.
-
- The point that the various physical (and other scientific)
- societies are trying to make is that the space station as currently
- designed is not good for anything, including space exploration or
- "expansion into the solar system", whatever that means.
-
- >It may not be the best design, but
- >it's the only design we have
-
- Designs are a dime a dozen; if nothing else there is the original
- design. Our governments should either commit the funds to build a
- proper platform for something (be that space exploration or fundamental
- research or engineering work) or they should just admit that they have
- no commitment to the project and cancel it.
-
- Marc R. Roussel
- mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca
-