[cripplecreek]

it is increasingly clear that we lack the willingness to take the necessary physical risk...

Moreso than anything else. I fear that we're heading into a new dark age. Not like the lasyt of course but one with little new.

[Russ]

No one will be allowed to walk on the moon or explore Mars until a detailed environmental impact study is completed and approved by the United Nations. Also, our carbon footprints will have to be measured to insure that there is no climate damage to either Mars or the moon...