Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!ames!vsi1!apple!ems From: ems@Apple.COM (Mike Smith) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Space travel and the spirit of man Message-ID: <583@internal.Apple.COM> Date: 8 Feb 89 00:37:05 GMT References: <3225@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> <258@corpane.UUCP> <4239@drivax.DRI> <662@uceng.UC.EDU> Organization: Circle C Shellfish Ranch, Shores-of-the-Pacific Ca Lines: 17 In article <662@uceng.UC.EDU> dmocsny@uceng.UC.EDU (daniel mocsny) writes: [...] >The robotic and tele-operated technology we _must_ have to establish >and maintain a manned presence is not yet mature. [...] Gee, and I thought Mir didn't use robotics and tele-operated technology to maintain a manned presence in space ... are you shure _must_ is the right word? -- E. Michael Smith ems@apple.COM 'If you can dream it, you can do it' Walt Disney This is the obligatory disclaimer of everything. (Including but not limited to: typos, spelling, diction, logic, and nuclear war)