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Re: Issue with 6.3, Mac OS X 10.4, 3 displays, X11 [message #50802 is a reply to message #50800]

Tue, 17 October 2006 10:51

Ben Panter
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Registered: July 2003

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David Fanning wrote:

> All I want to know is whether the money for all
> of this expensive gear was diverted from the planned
> Mars mission? It seems we don't have our priorities
> straight here. :-(

Hi David,

As soon as you start talking about putting *anything* into orbit,
the cost of (even) hardware like this is lost in the noise. In fact, you
might say that it's one of the most crucial parts of the mission -
relaying data to a public, even if it is only a small public who get to
see it in the flesh, to convince them of why they are spending all that
cash. The science and understanding of our own planet might mean that
our kids have the opportunity to visit Mars - if we get it wrong here
then perhaps there won't be an 'us' to make that trip.

That's not to say that I don't think that we should be cancelling all
Mars trips, or cancelling astronomy missions, it just means that as an
ordinary scientist I'm glad that it's not taking *all* the cash.

Cheers,

Ben

PS: Played conkers the other day. Lost to a seven year old.

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		Re: Issue with 6.3, Mac OS X 10.4, 3 displays, X11 By: Karsten Rodenacker on Thu, 19 October 2006 00:39
		Re: Issue with 6.3, Mac OS X 10.4, 3 displays, X11 By: Karl Schultz on Wed, 18 October 2006 07:38
		Re: Issue with 6.3, Mac OS X 10.4, 3 displays, X11 By: Karsten Rodenacker on Wed, 18 October 2006 03:11
		Re: Issue with 6.3, Mac OS X 10.4, 3 displays, X11 By: David Fanning on Tue, 17 October 2006 11:03
		Re: Issue with 6.3, Mac OS X 10.4, 3 displays, X11 By: Ben Panter on Tue, 17 October 2006 10:51
		Re: Issue with 6.3, Mac OS X 10.4, 3 displays, X11 By: Karl Schultz on Tue, 17 October 2006 08:31
		Re: Issue with 6.3, Mac OS X 10.4, 3 displays, X11 By: K. Bowman on Tue, 17 October 2006 07:29
		Re: Issue with 6.3, Mac OS X 10.4, 3 displays, X11 By: David Fanning on Tue, 17 October 2006 06:09
		Re: Issue with 6.3, Mac OS X 10.4, 3 displays, X11 By: Karl Schultz on Thu, 19 October 2006 08:54

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