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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT>From <A
href="http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/moon_vision_031209.html">Space.com</A>,
an interesting article on the future of space exploration: Space visionary
Freeman Dyson, the acclaimed emeritus professor of physics at the Institute for
Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, recently had a conversation with Robert
Zubrin, the world's biggest cheerleader for human missions to Mars. <BR>"Your
scheme of Mars missions is excellent," Dyson said, "but it has one fatal flaw,
the fact that you are expecting NASA to do it." "Ah, but when we give NASA a
real challenge like this, it will be a different NASA," Zubrin replied. "I think
he is right," Dyson said last Thursday. I had asked Dyson and other top
scientists about the future of human spaceflight, on a day when worldwide media
reports (then denied) said President Bush might soon announce a major new human
space initiative, to the Moon and perhaps Mars. <BR>Sir Martin Rees, a British
cosmologist and author of popular books, figures rich entrepreneurs like
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos should lead the way to the Moon and Mars, with
NASA playing a supportive role. <BR>The article describes the views of Dyson,
Zubrin, Rees and others on space exploration, reporting that many well-known
rich individuals are trying to set up commercial space ventures. If humans
venture back to the Moon, and even beyond, they may carry commercial insignia
rather than national flags.</DIV></BODY></HTML>