missions

I just posted a bit in the "Graner gets 10 years" thread about Sy Hersch's book, Chain of Command. Made me wonder what he's been up to lately.... This just broke on Reuters: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&e=3&u=/nm/20050116/pl_nm/iran_usa_newyorker_dc Hersch says the US...

that oil for food money has to go somewhere !

I'm a big fan of space exploration and research, but I'm starting to question the value and viability of manned missions. So much of what we do in space can be accomplished robotically. Is it worth the extra effort to support human life out there? If we were able to devote those same resources...