What are you talking about? Sure, there are hitches and problems along the way, it’s hard to get into space, but the ISS is still there, and can be accessed by Soyuz capsules, and things keep getting more advanced. There are still astronauts who live orbiting the Earth, people have landed on the moon, and we have sent various satellites and space probes all over the solar system. We may go to Mars and other planets someday - it’s just safer, smarter, and cheaper to send unmanned probes and robots first to see if there is any good reason to send humans. They do things humans could not - why send an astronaut to get the dust from the tail of Wild 2, when you can build the Stardust space probe to do it for you?
Mir did not crash because of some sort of accident, it lasted longer than it was expected to and was left to burn up in the atmosphere on purpose. The Challenger and Columbia disasters were not caused by an angry god deciding that he was mad at us for going into space; they were caused by frozen O rings and damage from insulation falling off a fuel tank. If you have a problem with your car, do you blame that on God being mad at you, or do you blame it on human error and mechanical failure?
All I'm saying is that whether or not God cares about what we do in space, just because something bad happens, that doesn't necessarily mean the hand of God was involved.
This message has been edited by Gary, 05-24-2004 09:36 PM
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