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Josh Hopkins' preview of the Plymouth Rock mission goals make good movie material, but does it make economic sense?
Capabilities for each of the mission goals have already been demonstrated by probes and unmanned craft. Why spend the money and delay Earth's security by forcing humans into the mission plan using warmed-over Apollo hardware that should be in a musuem?
Surely this is about keeping human space flight professionals employed rather than employing common sense.
http://www.space.com/news/asteroid-mission-plans-orion-spacecraft-100830.html
Capabilities for each of the mission goals have already been demonstrated by probes and unmanned craft. Why spend the money and delay Earth's security by forcing humans into the mission plan using warmed-over Apollo hardware that should be in a musuem?
Surely this is about keeping human space flight professionals employed rather than employing common sense.
http://www.space.com/news/asteroid-mission-plans-orion-spacecraft-100830.html