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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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To: Search4Truth
That might a good place to start. Why not robots that can build things?
To: Pelayo
While I would love to travel in space myself, I believe that the government is the fastest way to spend a huge amount of money and get very little for it. Private enterprise is the way to go.
The biggest problem with space travel is a propulsion system that needs hundreds of tons of extremely volatile fuel. Until we develope a propulsion system that can put a ship into space cheaply and safely, space travel is just too expensive and too dangerous.
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:27:02 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(God is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: KevinDavis
America is a nation founded on expansionism. We thrive on opening new frontiers. We stagnate without the ability to expand.
When the going gets tough the tough get going to where the going is easier.
I'd like to retire on the moon at 1/6 G. Inside a dome with some plastic wings you could fly like a bird.
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:30:27 PM PST
by
WhirlwindAttack
( Hey man! I think i stepped in some shiite..Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Islam!)
To: MagnumRancid
Have to go with the profit potential if it is going to be a private enterprise. And the only thing I can think of is a virtual Mars trip created with HDTV robots. People will pay big bucks for that. Could be narrated in any language.
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:33:11 PM PST
by
Search4Truth
(When a man lies he murders some part of the world.)
To: WhirlwindAttack
Put a Chevy on mars, or a Sony TV. Or MTV. Let them pay for the ride.
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:34:44 PM PST
by
JOE6PAK
(...still crazy after all these BEERS!)
To: KevinDavis
Yeah, why send ships to this so-called "New World"? Man is not meant to travel across vast oceans and besides, the world is flat and you'll just fall off the edge when you get there.
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:36:22 PM PST
by
glorgau
To: Search4Truth
That's cool, but I want my own robot.
To: glorgau
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:39:00 PM PST
by
Search4Truth
(When a man lies he murders some part of the world.)
To: cripplecreek
Too bad he isn't around to slap some sense into todays democrats. And I thought that Republicans control our government.
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:39:55 PM PST
by
Doe Eyes
(Who)
To: KevinDavis
Why didnt we return to the Moon? Because there wasn't any money in it. Or more precisely, no one was allowed to do it for a profit. When that changes the place will be crawling with people.
Good grief, the New World wasn't explored by people on NSF grants. It was explored by guys who wanted to get filthy rich, and so they did.
To: glorgau
You're absolutely correct. If G-d had wanted us to fly he would have given us wings, and if he wanted us to go into space he'd have give us....something.....maybe a brain to work it out......I don't know. I hope He let's me watch.
To: Great Prophet Zarquon; Blood of Tyrants
The biggest problem with space travel is a propulsion system that needs hundreds of tons of extremely volatile fuel. Until we develope a propulsion system that can put a ship into space cheaply and safely, space travel is just too expensive and too dangerous.>>>
It's called "nuclear power." Problem is that the nonukenazis will never permit it. No. as the writer said, without realizing, for the Earth's steep gravity well, we need a trolley car.
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:46:02 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
("Ain't I a stinker?" B Bunny)
To: Great Prophet Zarquon
Most of the fuel and propulsion system are about getting away from the earth's gravity. Any large deep-space craft would need to be build and launched from orbit or possibly the moon.
To: KevinDavis
Why didnt we return to the Moon?
Because b&w fuzzy images won't do the job now
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:47:32 PM PST
by
Truth666
(http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Proof+that+at+least+one+of+two%22)
To: KevinDavis
From 1911 through 1997, approximately 103,000 miners died at work. During 1911-1915, an average of 3329 mining-related deaths occurred per year among approximately 1 million miners employed annually, with an average annual fatality rate of 329 per 100,000 miners. In one incident alone On December 6, 1907, a coal mine explosion in Monongah, West Virginia, killed a reported 362 men and boys.
103,000 deaths did not stop us from pursuing coal mining. 14 deaths should not stop us from pursuing space exploration.
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:53:32 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: Search4Truth
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. So go for it. What's stopping you?
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:54:39 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FreedomCalls
Got a few million dollars you can spare. Ground floor opportunity, well kinda. :)
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:56:39 PM PST
by
Search4Truth
(When a man lies he murders some part of the world.)
To: tet68
Yup, you could free up plenty of $ by eliminating cash payments to welfare parasites. More than enough to get to Mars and back.
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:57:36 PM PST
by
boop
(Testing the tagline feature!)
To: KevinDavis
The only thing he forgot was the following disclaimer.
*This ignorant rant was made possible by space technology spinoffs.
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posted on
12/01/2004 5:58:03 PM PST
by
PeaceBeWithYou
(De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afganistan and Iraq))
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