starship-design: Why?

[TLG.van.der.Linden@tip.nl (Timothy van der Linden)]

>Seariously a big question we've never gotten very far with is why anyone would
>send such a mission?

Curiosity.

Some would say that future robotic (AI) probes may do all the exploring for
us. I'd not dare to despute that. However it's not merely listening to the
tales of others that make us tick. First hand, real time experience is for
many much more satisfying.
For this reason we'd like to go there ourselves.


Timothy