[ExI] future fizzle

[Dave Sill]

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com> wrote:
> We planned to put men on Mars in 1982, 30 years later we have trouble
> even in resuscitating Apollo-era technology, but special effects of
> gigantic spaceships traveling across universes keep improving, thank
> you.

We stopped planning for a manned Mars mission when we realized we
could accomplish a lot more for the same cost with unmanned missions.
They're not as sexy as manned missions, but they're a lot smarter.

-Dave