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Re: Back to the Moon
      08/01/09 06:17 PM

Efficiency and cost-effectiveness may be the best way to exploit current resources, but that value will never procure abundant new resources for us.

I'm all for robotic space exploration, but that is best used as a prelude and a compliment to the human presence, not a substitute for it.

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Subject Posted by Posted on
* Back to the Moon Mike Casey 06/18/09 10:46 PM
. * Re: Back to the Moon Mike Casey   07/03/09 12:26 PM
. * Re: Back to the Moon Dr Morbius   07/16/09 03:02 PM
. * Re: Back to the Moon Rick Woods   07/20/09 08:44 AM
. * Re: Back to the Moon Charl   07/22/09 08:00 PM
. * Re: Back to the Moon Rick Woods   07/29/09 05:03 PM
. * Re: Back to the Moon Scott Horstman   07/29/09 04:31 PM
. * Re: Back to the Moon ColoHank   07/29/09 04:59 PM
. * Re: Back to the Moon Scott Horstman   07/29/09 05:05 PM
. * Re: Back to the Moon Mike Casey   08/01/09 01:05 AM
. * Re: Back to the Moon Scott Horstman   08/01/09 05:38 AM
. * Re: Back to the Moon llanitedaveModerator   08/01/09 06:17 PM
. * Re: Back to the Moon Scott Horstman   08/08/09 02:41 AM
. * Re: Back to the Moon MMICKELSAdministrator   08/02/09 05:15 PM
. * Re: Back to the Moon Matthew Ota   07/16/09 08:37 PM

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