[crail]

There is so much to do other than the moon. The enormous amounts of cash it will take to send men to the moon will require cuts to NASA's already thin science budget. This fixation with "it's not really done until a man does it" kills the science. Probes can already do it, and do it better. Robots explore farther. They return more exciting results, more scientifically relevant results, results from exciting (non lunar) places people will never be able to go. If we go ahead with a project as expensive as photo shoots of men on the moon, these *real* science projects will be cut.

[RightWhale]

This fixation with "it's not really done until a man does it"

For new land to be claimed it must be occupied. Robots are not going to make the grade in that repect, not until we can declare robots to be legal persons..