Posted on 04/05/2006 2:12:12 PM PDT by KevinDavis
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – Exploration of space now and in the future depends on both human and robotic skills. However, according to a leading scientist, there is need to fortify and rebalance the funding between the two.
The long-standing argument regarding the merits of machinery over flesh and blood exploration was aired here at the 22nd National Space Symposium (NSS), staged by The Space Foundation in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The group conducts the annual symposium, being held April 3-6 at The Broadmoor Hotel.
Moderating a special session on autonomous and crewed space exploits, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist, Rose Center for Earth and Space Board Member, said the "and" part is not a fully expressed word in today’s human and robotic space exploration of the solar system.
(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...
"There is need, he added, to articulate to the public just how much science is underway on within the International Space Station"
LOL! That's a good one!
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