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re: re: The numbers have changed since 1998
E.P. Grondine — (archived)

"Another factor is the ever growing public awareness of what a worthless rock Mars is."

Alex writes: So says E.P. "Baghdad Bob" Grondine.

EP: Alex, I am opposed to Israeli expansion into the West Bank and Gaza. In this I am in accord with US foreign policy for the last 50 years. I have watched Israel trash the Camp David Accords as well as the Oslo agreements, and I am fed up with it.

As for Saddam, he had to go.

Alex writes: Let's see: The public is becoming more and more aware that Mars is, as you put it, a "worthless rock," and this evidenced by the continually expanding Mars exploration programs of the U.S. and Europe?

EP: Actually, those probes started in a brief period of time under Dan Goldin. Whle this seems to have passed you right by, there is a big difference between unmanned probes and manned Mars flight. My statement is that the more unmanned probes to Mars, the less public interest in manned Mars flight.

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