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Mars: Bots or Men?

Jeff Taylor | 3.24.2004 9:48 AM

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OK, now that we know Mars is way weirder than expected, what next? The debate starts on how best to follow up, with manned trips or more robots. Team Bush is already down with spending the cash for manned missions, but does that make sense?

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Jeff Taylor is a contributing editor at Reason.

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