There is an idea in the community of space scientists that the manned space program is a budgetary adversary to less-costly and more scientifically productive unmanned missions. I’ve supported the manned space program, and my colleague Carolyn Porco, head of the Cassini imaging team, has an Op-Ed in the New York Times that captures a lot of the reasons I do support it.
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