re long term human missions in article apr wisipc weizmann ac il ward pashosh wisdom weizmann ac il ward paul wrote calculators teflon so your eggs don t stick in the pan pacemakers kept my grandfather alive from until i don t think touting contributions is a good idea world war ii produced many many beneficial spinoffs eg radar jet aeroplanes rocket technology i don t think anyone would argue that world war ii was in and of itself a good thing if you want people to back the space program it must be a good thing in and of itself i disagree with what to tout although i agree that the space program is inherently a good thing most people today only care about what will it cost me and what s in it for me and could care less about whether something is simply worthwhile in and of itself our society has become increasingly geared toward the short term which you could read as now they couldn t care less about next week much less next century they want something to show for the expenditure and they want it now i think we should tell them about the things that they are using now that are spinoffs of the space program that is the only way you can prove its worth to them and they vote and pay taxes too the continued existence of the space program relies upon that money just my btw don t forget velcro bcnu john gladu systems support center baylor college of medicine internet jgladu bcm tmc edu voice us mail one baylor plaza houston texas opinions expressed are just that obviously
