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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; sionnsar; Darksheare; Dead Corpse; fanfan
Well, you won’t hurt my feelings, whatever you call me! (Unless it’s “Bob.”)

There are worse things to be called; (don't ask how I know this). But I don't see being called "Bob" as a bad thing.

I'm working on that Venus thing. Unlike my brother, I don't go into things just to get them done. I like to think my way through it first.

The direct approach of taking all three of our Habitats to Venus may not be practical or prudent. One of the first things we would want to do is ship stuff from Venus back here ... but there would be no "here" here.

We'll want to maintain a presence in the Asteroids. However, as far as moving things around the Solar System, Venus is an easier and faster destination from here than Earth is. (It has to do with minimum-transfer "coasting" orbits. Venus orbits nearly twice as fast as Earth, so it is in position for lauch or destination twice as often.)

We also need to get material from Venus in order to gain access to Venus. A chicken and egg situation.

Thus, the scenario calls for the modification and use of our shuttles. We'll need to move stuff around before we're ready to start moving things around.

Clear?

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Anyway, we'll be building a rotivator rather than a skyhook, at least to start with.

I may eventually arrange to bring the Flying Castle to Venus, just for the novelty of it, but that will have to wait until I've got things sorted out.

1,719 posted on 03/22/2009 12:54:49 PM PDT by NicknamedBob ("Of what possible use is it to BE a genius, if you can't even get a bottle of beer open?" NnB to Tn1)
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To: NicknamedBob
Um, Rotovator, that is.
1,720 posted on 03/22/2009 12:56:43 PM PDT by NicknamedBob ("Of what possible use is it to BE a genius, if you can't even get a bottle of beer open?" NnB to Tn1)
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To: NicknamedBob

You remind me of Norm Crosby.
Oddly enough, I understood him.


1,721 posted on 03/22/2009 12:57:53 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Humpty Dumpty was pushed.)
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To: NicknamedBob

Perfectly clear.


1,722 posted on 03/22/2009 1:00:09 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("I always expect the worst from the RATS and they always deliver." ~ rrrod)
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To: NicknamedBob
I may eventually arrange to bring the Flying Castle to Venus, just for the novelty of it, but that will have to wait until I've got things sorted out.

I'll wait.

1,723 posted on 03/22/2009 1:18:40 PM PDT by fanfan (God, Bless America, please.)
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To: NicknamedBob
But I don't see being called "Bob" as a bad thing.

When I am called ¨Bob¨ I know they have forgotten my name. But for some reason itś always Bob.

1,729 posted on 03/22/2009 1:57:49 PM PDT by sionnsar (Iran Azadi | 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | "Tax the rich" fails if the rich won't play)
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