Alliance to Rescue Civilization

[the_devils_advocate_666]

http://www.arc-space.org/

[Borges]

Just don't reintroduce the Koran.

[Irish_Thatcherite]

To fulfill its mission, ARC is dedicated to creating continuously staffed facilities on the Moon and other locations away from Earth.

Bob, you might be interested in this...

[The Great RJ]

What we need to protect is Western civilization from destruction by the forces of Islamic fascism.

[LC HOGHEAD]

BLACK Helicopter Alert !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ctdonath2]

Kewl. Need to build a Googleplex there...

[edcoil]

Do they have Ted Williams head in the cryo freezer?

[GoldCountryRedneck]

While funding from national space agencies... would be accepted,... its core sustenance will be based on private sector philanthropy.

"ALL wealthy moon(literally)bats - pick up the white courtesy phones!!!!!!"

[anymouse]

More liberal global whining, trying to sell a book. Al-gore lite.

[NicknamedBob]

"At an early stage, a director, administrative assistants, and advisory committees will be needed."

I really get a buzz in my hackles when I read this.

Anyone who is really serious about this idea, contact me. I can tell you how to do it.

[RightWhale]

a very long-term international project

It is also imaginary. Repeal the Treaty.

Rename it Organization to Repeal Communism--ORC, and then it will be a Blakean fantasy.

[truthfinder9]

Since when is protecting mankind from "nuclear war, acts of terrorism, plague and asteroid collisions" a "liberal" cause?

[Irish_Thatcherite]

Anyone who is really serious about this idea, contact me. I can tell you how to do it.

I'll do the second-fixing....

;)

[AnotherUnixGeek]

asteroid collisions

Do we even have the capability to deflect a large meteor at this point (assuming we detect one incoming in the first place)? If not, why not? Surely it's technically possible?

[oyez]

Another scam.

[avg_freeper]

Turgidson:

Doctor, you mentioned the ratio of ten women to each man.

Now, wouldn't that necessitate the abandonment of the so called monogamous sexual relationship, I mean, as far as men were concerned?

[NicknamedBob]

"Do we even have the capability to deflect a large meteor at this point (assuming we detect one incoming in the first place)?"

Yes, it's possible, but you have to go there to do it.

Install a nuclear powered mass-driver, and dismantle the asteroid as you fling chunks of it away. Given sufficient time and mass-drivers, almost any sub-planetary mass can be moved in this way.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

Reminds me of a Scifi novel by Robert Heinlien where the Moon revolts from Earth and establishes its independence.

[oyez]

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