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To: from occupied ga
I think there is value in exploring the solar system, even though we already know the other planets are currently uninhabitable for humans and there's probably not much material we would want from them. Eventually we could develop the capability to travel and explore outside our solar system where we may eventually find another planet to inhabit or exploit (for economic purposes).

Granted, this won't happen in our lifetimes and probably won't for many more generations to come. But if we are ever to get to that point, we have to start taking baby steps. It took hundreds of years for the Europeans to start pushing ships across the ocean to North America but once that happened, things started to develop much more rapidly.

162 posted on 01/26/2012 10:27:51 AM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 9 days away from outliving Marty Feldman)
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To: SamAdams76
we have to start taking baby steps.

Let's take a baby step toward respecting the Constitutional limitations on federal power.

163 posted on 01/26/2012 10:29:38 AM PST by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: SamAdams76

“...we have to start taking baby steps...”
The first step is paying for it. Will you vote for raising taxes? Or do think we should borrow more money that future generations will be paying the interest on?


165 posted on 01/26/2012 10:31:21 AM PST by running_dog_lackey
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