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. 
Posted on 12/01/2004 4:42:44 PM PST by KevinDavis
That might a good place to start. Why not robots that can build things?
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.
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.
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.
Put a Chevy on mars, or a Sony TV. Or MTV. Let them pay for the ride.
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.
That's cool, but I want my own robot.
You can go first!
And I thought that Republicans control our government.
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.
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.
No. as the writer said, without realizing, for the Earth's steep gravity well, we need a trolley car.
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.
So go for it. What's stopping you?
Got a few million dollars you can spare. Ground floor opportunity, well kinda. :)
Yup, you could free up plenty of $ by eliminating cash payments to welfare parasites. More than enough to get to Mars and back.
*This ignorant rant was made possible by space technology spinoffs.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.