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The Moon? Mars? Forget About It!
MichNews.com ^
| 12/01/04
| Alan Cruba
Posted on 12/01/2004 4:42:44 PM PST by KevinDavis
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Very short sighted ....
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posted on
12/01/2004 4:43:30 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: KevinDavis
If I am not on the list, put me there.
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posted on
12/01/2004 4:47:43 PM PST
by
U S Army EOD
(John Kerry, the mother of all flip floppers.I)
To: KevinDavis
If theres one thing JFK was right about it was the need to explore space. Too bad he isn't around to slap some sense into todays democrats.
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posted on
12/01/2004 4:48:31 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(I come swinging the olive branch of peace.)
To: KevinDavis
"... Blah, blah, blah, it's too hard, we can't do it, space sucks.... blah, blah, blah..."
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posted on
12/01/2004 4:50:25 PM PST
by
Pelayo
To: KevinDavis
How about forget about this fool. This country was founded on exploration and risk taking. That is why we are even here in the first place. These guys have always been around, the Earth is flat, man will never fly, will never go faster then sound, will never go to the moon. For centuries people like this make the same arguements. They were wrong everytime. Besides, he cant stop it, it is in our nature as humans beings to explore. It is inevitable. If it were not our nature we would have perished long ago.
To: Pelayo
I just ignore these people sometimes...
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posted on
12/01/2004 4:51:02 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: Names Ash Housewares; All
I agree with you.. I would like to see the ideals of our founding fathers spread throughout this universe...
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posted on
12/01/2004 4:52:54 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: KevinDavis
This guy thinks that's a lot of money, someone
should tip him off to the MUCH vaster amount
poured down the social/welfare rat hole since
LBJ foisted the "Great Society" off on this nation.
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posted on
12/01/2004 4:53:44 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: KevinDavis
We have to start now to find a new home. ; ) Five hundred or so million years will pass before you know it, and this neighborhood will have degraded severely.
To: KevinDavis
I envision three ways for humans to leave this planet in the distant future.
1. Necessity.....we will use up all the raw materials and energy supplies and or be threatened with extinction from an asteroid impact.
2. World wealth will grow to where anything is affordable.
3. Earth will be visited by friendly aliens.
To: cripplecreek
JFK was so sickly he could hardly stand and he had no sense to slap
To: tet68; All
There is a double standard with NASA...
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posted on
12/01/2004 4:55:41 PM PST
by
KevinDavis
(Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
To: LauraleeBraswell
I wouldn't rely too heavilly on my sense if I were you.
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posted on
12/01/2004 4:57:06 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(I come swinging the olive branch of peace.)
To: KevinDavis
I'd hate to be stuck in a space walk having to yell, "Open the pod bay doors, Hal."
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:11:43 PM PST
by
tellw
To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
I think there are more possibilities than three, and I actually don't believe in "Friendly Aliens".
Profit could be a great motivator. There is money to be made in space, big money. The development, tooling, and infrastructure building requires the government,most likely.
I would not be surprised if the first "space colonists" were some religious sect or cult.
The author of the article is correct that robots could do the exploration and most of the work more efficiently and economically than humans. We're going out there. Out of necessity or curiosity, we're going. I won't live long enough to see it but my granddaughter might.
To: KevinDavis
Are you saying NASA sucks hind teat?
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:18:22 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(The accidental trumps the purposeful in every endeavor attended by the incompetent.)
To: MagnumRancid
They need to get some robotic HDTV cameras on Mars and make a feature presentation. They could do it for a fraction of the cost of sending humans and do it a decade sooner. That way everyone could take a virtual trip to Mars. IMAX could make a fortune. The profits on the distribution rights to the film could be, well, out of this world.
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:21:39 PM PST
by
Search4Truth
(When a man lies he murders some part of the world.)
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