NASA is holding right now a conference on exploration and risk at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA at the behest of the NASA Administrator, Sean O'Keefe. The central question of this symposium is to discuss the nature of human exploration, its inherent risks, and whether or not it can or should be conducted robotically. ------------------ Wirt - Wow! Is this the same NASA that launched the Mars probes that crashed at 3B$? Is this the same NASA that quoted a B$ figure for a reusable space vehicle then it was done by a private enterprise for a M$ figure? Since the job of NASA has become to employ armies of bureaucrats, I am not sure I am going to put much faith in any study doen by them. ------------------ try http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=332116 ------------------- The fact that tax rates are higher in Europe is well known. The difference between them and USA taxes hardly amounts to 'extremely low taxes' in the USA. I also note your link leaves out local taxes, tariffs, the effect of regulation on driving up prices, government unfunded mandates which cost money, ad nauseam. * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *