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There are three ways to argue that David Beers {"Time to Bring the Star Trek Lobby Down to Earth," Currents, Oct. 12} is wrong in proposing that we end manned space flights. Perhaps that is too poetic for some. Then what about the argument in favor of pure science - the need and desire to...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author Donald Haverstrom. Commack. Seth H. Watkins. Bayville. Yaakov-Jack Isseroff. Far Rockaway. Steven A. Meyerowitz. Northport. Cherie L. Fernandez. Linden, N.J.
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 19.10.1997
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Summary:There are three ways to argue that David Beers {"Time to Bring the Star Trek Lobby Down to Earth," Currents, Oct. 12} is wrong in proposing that we end manned space flights. Perhaps that is too poetic for some. Then what about the argument in favor of pure science - the need and desire to understand the mysteries of the universe? In many cases robotic probes can perform missions that are impossible or too dangerous for humans. But it is absurd to suggest that robots like Sojourner can even come close to performing like human geologists and chemists working on the surface of Mars. I have walked both the UPS and King Kullen picket lines. I have done so with men and women from all walks of life: Latino Americans, African Americans, white Americans, Asian Americans and so on. On the other hand, the upper management teams that have squared off against these strikers and others across the nation are composed almost exclusively of rich white men, many of them simply born into privilege like some European landed aristocracy.