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Joined: Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:46 am
Hello
I am not sure I agree with the Constellation program, but I believe that a dated goal to return to the Moon and go to Mars is necessary if we are ever going to get there. I have long been a fan of pivately funded, commercially driven space development initiative, with government serving the role of exploration. Wherever robotic missions work best they should be undertaken, but robots don't do everything well and the "discovery sequence" can be slow when performed exclusively by robots.
Whereever manned missions are possible and necessary I think we should set goals to acheive them with robots paving the way to reach a clearly defined and aggresivelly pursued manned exploration goal.
I also have a broad range of other interests.