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From: flinn@seismo.UUCP (E. A. Flinn)
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Subject: Re:  NASA's Future
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Date: Fri, 30-Mar-84 12:12:29 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 30 12:12:29 1984
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Al Globus speculates:

  >>  Here I go out on a limb:  Manned presence on the Moon, Mars, et
  >>  al.  will be a side show.  The real action is in orbit.

For once I agree with Al.  Fabricating structures with metals mined
and smelted on the spot on other planets is a pipe dream, and after
the political demonstration of people walking around on Mars, there's
not a great deal to be done on the surface of Mars or the Moon that
can't be done much more inexpensively with unmanned landers.