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Re: Planetary probes = exercises in frustation

Subject: Re: Planetary probes = exercises in frustation
From: "Hilton Evans"
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:32:11 GMT
Newsgroups: sci.astro.amateur
"RichA" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> Doesn't it drive you insane?
    No.
<snip>

>Humans are the best hope for definitively proving
> certain conjectures about planets, especially Mars.
>

    Yes, those Pioneer and Voyager missions were
    a big waste. A picture of an astronaut standing
    on the great read spot saluting the flag would be
    worth a thousand space probes.

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