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April 14, 2008
The Shadow Of The Moon
I sneaked off work today with my wife and we watched In The Shadow Of The Moon, being screened as part of a local film festival. It was brilliant! Amazing footage, very well put together, and the astronaut interviews are really good --- moving, funny, and insightful. I'm not a big fan of manned spaceflight but you can certainly see the appeal. Recommended.
Posted by roc at April 14, 2008 10:15 PM
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Why are you not a big fan of manned space flight?
I'm not either. I think it's a massive waste of time and resources. Send out probes I say. :-)
Posted by: Jeff at April 15, 2008 8:03 PM
Never send a human to do a robot's job!
Manned spaceflight sort of made sense in the 60s, when robotics technology was a lot more primitive. But now manned missions are basically joyrides; as you say, they're massively wasteful compared to robotic missions for the same goals.
Actually I'm still in favour of human space travel, but it should be one-way missions delivering colonists to self-sustaining habitats constructed by earlier waves of robots.
Posted by: Robert O'Callahan at April 15, 2008 9:15 PM