Van Allen's view may become anachronistic (Score -1)

While I think that Van Allen's concerns come from an important introspection brewing in the space community regarding mission safety and purpose -- and hence have an important short-term merit -- I think that history ultimately will reveal such a prohibitory stance toward direct human participation in spaceflight to be anachronistic. Unless as a civilization we choose to shirk the undeniable energy and material resources that avail us in space, and we also choose to stem the population growth of humanity, we will find great purpose by settling the solar system.