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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [QB] To stir the pot: [QUOTE] As a test of national will and skill, Chinese spaceflight is vastly preferable to, say, invading Taiwan. I promise to watch Chinese manned spaceflight with great interest, and I might even buy the mission patch and decals, but frankly, there isn�t much there there. There haven�t been men or women out of low-earth orbit in some 30 solid years. We don�t seem to miss them in any way that is quantifiable. There is little point in stepping onto the moon, leaving flags and footprints, and then retreating once again. The staggering price of shipping a kilogram into orbit has not come down in decades. In the meantime, unmanned spacecraft grow smaller and more capable every year. Until we bioengineer ourselves to enjoy cosmic rays, or until we�ve got rockets that can lift a Winnebago made of solid lead, this technology belongs on the museum shelf. [/QUOTE]<a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/973949.asp">Ten Technologies That Deserve To Die</a>, by Bruce Sterling. Now go read Schismatrix. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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