And I've told my representatives so.
Jerry Johnson
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Hey if we do that we'll be waiting around forever. Besides, nothing is
better than the here and now to do something. I dont want to wait. And
another thing, the US is doing pretty well, all things considered, at least
better than most other countries.
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From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 2:24 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea
How about this...
Lets fix the problems in the United States first before we to go the Moon
and destroy that also.
At 11:06 AM 1/9/2004, you wrote:
>I havent seen a thread on this list about this topic in a while, and in
>light of the upcoming Bush speech on a permanent Moon base as well as a
>manned mission to Mars.
>
>
>I think we should colonize space. It's a good idea for our species as a
>whole. Maybe, eventually it will relieve some of the pressures we are
>inflicting on the earth, although I have a sneaking suspicion that there
>wouldnt really be a huge push to do this until we were as a species
strapped
>for recources here on Terra Firma.
>
>
>Also, hopefully another space race with lofty will push technology forward
>again, maybe even help us figuire out fusion power.
>
>
>I happen to think that civilizations should have at least one great project
>that they are working on. Okay, maybe that is from too many months playing
>the Civ games but it seems to make sense. They spark techology advances,
and
>employ vast amounts of people.
>
>
>So what do you guys think?
>
>
>Plus, we may one day have ray guns!!!!
>
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