OMG, Bush is going insane! — Page 2

And another thing... (*finger in the air*)
Spending this program's money on feeding starving children is a stopgap fix. Why are they starving to begin with? (rhetorical, please... I don't need 30 political posts with that answer)

How much technology was developed as part of the original space race helps us today?... answer... LOTS. For instance, the satellite that can view and recommend areas of farmland that needs irrigation...

Often there are positive byproducts of such programs. OK. I'm done. Not because I'm too lazy Namo :) , but because I should be doing real work.

Love you all.

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hmmmmm, the moon, eh? who? all those enemy combatants that we've taken during our conquest of the middle east? we, uh, sent them to live on the moon *big smile* yeah, the moon. a new palestine? you geussed it folks, it's on the moon! the entire people for the ethical treatment of animals? they're on an "exploration" trip to mars. we won't be hearing from them for, gee, maybe 50 or 60 years.

namo, i am shocked to see how narrow your views are on what could be an incredibly useful program.

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There is an old saying, “The Meek shall inherit the Earth. The rest of us are going to the Stars.”

We are only starting to take our first stumbling steps in that direction and while at this point and time, it may not seem the right thing, I feel that one day, it will be shown to have been the very best thing we could have done. There is never a good time for change to come but for better or worse, it does.

What if our ancestors had sat on their butts and listened to “the world is flat” theory? Where would we be? For better or worse, we must move forward. This planet is being robbed of it’s nature treasures. Over population is real problem. Unless strict laws, controlling that population are put into effect and followed, where do you suggest we put them?

It seems a natural extension of the same pioneering spirit of our ancestors to colonize the other planets in this system for a start and then, when technology comes up with the means, to move ever outward.

In my humble opinion.

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Namo,

At one time a man named Jules Vern wrote of a boat that could travel under the water, powered by something that was unimaginable. It was the height of Science Fiction for it’s day and widely laughed at as being impossible. Just one of many examples that today’s Science Fiction can become tomorrows science fact.

Good Music Man reference, btw.

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But the point is that maybe by going to space, we might be able to help those here on Earth. Who knows what we are going to find there until we GET there.

I understand your point of view. I agree with it, in part, but I also feel we can not ignore the possibility that the answers to some of our problems are out there someplace, if we only have the courage to go look for them.

The early pioneers didn’t have a heath plan when they explored this county. You took your chances. Some came up aces and other came up looking at the backside of grass.

I agree that if we could channel the time/money/man power/energies spent on war into working on solutions to our problems that would be beyond great. Perhaps by setting a goal, like colonization of a new world, perhaps part of that could be achieved.

The benefits could be enormous in terms of relieving some of the over crowding, new medicines, new sources of energy, bigger crops, the list goes on and on.

It’s a risk. A gamble. It costs money. We may fall flat on our faces but we won’t know unless we try. Columbas took a chance. Are we so laid back and lazy that we won't? That's all I'm saying.

If Harrison Ford aka Han Solo is flying that ship, count me IN! Papa!

Humm, and I thought the history books said Columbus went to the Queen of Spain (ie government) to look for funding for his little jaunt. I know, I know, most of the people who came afer did so out of their own pockets or sold themselfs as indenture servants (nice word for slaves). But it was the government that laid out the initial funds for exploration.

I'm sure the queen could have used that money for something else at the time. New pair of shoes, perhaps?

True?

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oh i don't know, i am on pins and needles waiting to see if the mars rover will make it down the alternate platform since the bubble bag was in the way and kept it from going down on it's...uh, i mean going down the primary route off the landing platform.

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Damn straight! The Verizon Wireless Moon, brought to you by the USA (tm): Love it or Leave It! (tm)

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On the other hand, the destruction of things like the Mesopotamia museum in Iraq helps destroy the roots of a people, which is the first step to total colonization. And it is a way to destroy their culture. And to build an empire. Which is clearly the Cheney agenda. It would be Bush's too if he could spell agenda or knew how to operate his own strings.

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America really doesn't have the best record of follow through on the promises of its dimes. So time will tell.

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okay now, everybody sing along to the tune of billy bragg...

i don't want to change the world
i'm not looking for a new palestine
i'm just looking for another girl

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