I'm with Bush :-)
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jon
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Friday, January 9, 2004, 2:06:34 PM, you wrote:
JS> I havent seen a thread on this list about this topic in a while, and in
JS> light of the upcoming Bush speech on a permanent Moon base as well as a
JS> manned mission to Mars.
JS> I think we should colonize space. It's a good idea for our species as a
JS> whole. Maybe, eventually it will relieve some of the pressures we are
JS> inflicting on the earth, although I have a sneaking suspicion that there
JS> wouldnt really be a huge push to do this until we were as a species strapped
JS> for recources here on Terra Firma.
JS> Also, hopefully another space race with lofty will push technology forward
JS> again, maybe even help us figuire out fusion power.
JS> I happen to think that civilizations should have at least one great project
JS> that they are working on. Okay, maybe that is from too many months playing
JS> the Civ games but it seems to make sense. They spark techology advances, and
JS> employ vast amounts of people.
JS> So what do you guys think?
JS> Plus, we may one day have ray guns!!!!
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