Success of unmanned probe calls into question need for humans in space.

From: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/TribuneNews Service) | Date: February 11, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Tamara Lytle

WASHINGTON _ Robotic space missions have long been overshadowed by NASA's focus on astronauts and may now have to compete for funding against a manned-flight program garnering public sympathy and support.

The latest unmanned probe reporting in to NASA, the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, beamed back a wealth of data about the origin of the universe, the space agency said Tuesday.

Much of the science being conducted on spac...

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