[ExI] future fizzle

[Dave Sill]

On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Harvey Newstrom
<mail at harveynewstrom.com> wrote:
> From: "Dave Sill" <sparge at gmail.com> wrote,
>>
>> 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.
>
> Actually, it was the reverse.  The manned missions were cancelled due to
> budget cuts.  The cheaper unmanned missions were developed later based on
> limited funds.

OK, but the point remains that unmanned missions are more cost
effective than manned missions.

-Dave