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Originally Posted by peter12
Why do we feel the need, this last half-century, to escape this beautiful earth?
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This is what humans do. If we didn't leave the cradle, there would be no Plato, no Socrates, no Jesus, no you.
The entire universe is beautiful.
http://www.planetary.org/programs/pr...y/roadmap.html
The Planetary Society recommends a vigorous new approach to space exploration in Beyond the Moon: A New Roadmap for Human Space Exploration in the 21st Century. The Society created the Roadmap for the consideration of the U.S. Administration and Congress that will take power in early 2009.
http://www.planetary.org/explore/
Take a journey through space. Visit the planets, moons, asteroids, and comets that wander our planetary neighborhood and learn about the spacecraft that send us information and images about our solar system. Then, look beyond — explore newly-discovered planets orbiting other stars and search for life beyond Earth.