I'm reading the unexpurgated "Stranger in a Strange Land" again - love
that book.

- Jim

William H Bowen wrote:

>Ender's Game
>Speaker for the Dead
>Starship Troopers
>Star Rangers
>
>All have something or another to do with Human dealings with Space
>Aliens...space travel...
>
>but I guess we have to start somewhere.
>
>will
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>John Stanley wrote:
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>>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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