The final frontier on the Webhttp://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/15/575569.aspx Freakonomics: Is space exploration worth the cost? Daily Kos: Critiquing Obama's space policy USA Weekend: 21st-century pioneer io9: Space-saving tips ... from space&nbsp;en-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)The final frontier on the Webhttp://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/15/575569.aspx#580304Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:04:17 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:580304steve smyththe term space exploration is misleading here...exploitation is more like it...human, or otherwise... <br>there is zero sense of expanding humanity's hopes and dreams via exploration of the unknown... <br>in case ya'll forgot...that's what got us to here...make of that what you will... <br>worth it? <br>ya betchyer sweet patootie it's worth it... <br>done right, that is... <br>so far...the psycho killers are way ahead of the pure explorers...DRAT!