Long-term planning (an unfortunate lack, thereof)

What does mapping Mercury buy for you? What will you be better able to do
with more detailed knowledge of Mercury?

Ron Menich

ThomasKalbfus
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In a message dated 6/8/01 9:17:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
hollroa@... writes:

>>There is such a thing as too future oriented. NASA was like this in
the
1970's doing all sorts of studies while neglecting manned spaceflight
operations. If someone asked, the reply was "were working on it", or "its
in
the future".>>>

So if you were minister for space in a hypothetical nation, like the one
described, what would be on your agenda?

Tony
>>

Map Mercury, Send a Manned Expedition to Mars, develop low cost
transportation to Earth Orbit, build orbital telescopes to search for
extra-solar planets. Begin long term plans for an interstellar expedition
by
2099.

Tom Kalbfus