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This seems a flawed analogy in many ways: for one thing, Darwinism became accepted because of scientific evidence, something that has not happened with Freudianism or the arguments for manned space travel (and the fact that Freud proved to be a quack has diminished the power of his Word). For another, I can buy a copy of The Origin Of Species or Civilization and Its Discontents for fifteen bucks, but it will probably cost at least $200 billion to go to Mars.
Now, Wolfe is an unusually simple-minded (if at times exceptionally elouqrnt) exponent or any theory he adoptshis explanation of why he voted for Buzh makes Erick Erickson sound like de Tocqueville. But I think a lot of support ff manned space travel stems from the saame place as Wolfes does, from hh notion that having humans exxploer the universe us oge of those thkbgs you cant pt a price n. Like freedom.
Of course, the problem is that here on earth you can put a price on just about anything. And when that thing is something like a mission to Mars or a World Freedom agenda, that price is likely to be more than anyone wants to spend. The obvious solution: cut corners. Only send 120,000 troops to Iraq when the Army War College recommends half a million. We can expect the same approach to manned space travel, as a friend who follows this stuff in detail explained to me.
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