Re: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

2004-01-12 Thread William H Bowen
Doc Smith Lensman books, and even at the time I thought they were trash > :) > > -Original Message- > From: William H Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 09 January 2004 20:00 > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea > > I&#x

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2004-01-11 Thread Andre Turrettini
actually, isnt it making everything we hate about ourselves more common? DRE -Original Message- From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 8:43 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea Good point. But hopefully evolution

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2004-01-10 Thread Charlie Griefer
Boobs.   boobs   -Original Message-   From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]   Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 8:43 AM   To: CF-Community   Subject: RE: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea   Good point. But hopefully evolution will cull all of the stuff we as

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2004-01-10 Thread John Stanley
Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea I'm still not convinced that we as a species are fit to colonize this planet...   - Original Message -   From: John Stanley   To: CF-Community   Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 12:06 PM   Subject: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea   I havent s

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2004-01-10 Thread Wayne Putterill
04 20:00 To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea I'll put that on my list, haven't read it in a long time. Currently reading "For US, The Living" Heilein's "first novel" (written in ~1938; rejected twice in 1939 and shelved) basically a th

Re: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

2004-01-09 Thread Charlie Griefer
I'm still not convinced that we as a species are fit to colonize this planet...   - Original Message -   From: John Stanley   To: CF-Community   Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 12:06 PM   Subject: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea   I havent seen a thread on this list about this to

Re: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

2004-01-09 Thread Howie Hamlin
Sounds like Pluto Nash...   - Original Message -   From: Ian Skinner   To: CF-Community   Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 3:39 PM   Subject: RE: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea   I always wanted to go to a moon colony and open a restaurant.  Just imagine what a soufflé might be

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2004-01-09 Thread Ian Skinner
I always wanted to go to a moon colony and open a restaurant.  Just imagine what a soufflé might be like? -- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA   Confidentiality Notice:  This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the inten

Re: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

2004-01-09 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Skyhooks and space elevators! larry >We need to get into space as fast as we can, otherwise, how else will we >be able to preemptively strike? > >marlon > >William H Bowen wrote: > >>Ender's Game >>Speaker for the Dead >>Starship Troopers >>Star Rangers >> >>All have something or another to do wi

RE: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

2004-01-09 Thread John Stanley
lofty goals indeed, i wonder if it will decay into some uber-corporations like in Alien. -Original Message- From: Harkins, Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 3:12 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea I agree that space

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2004-01-09 Thread Larry C. Lyons
>How about this... > >Lets fix the problems in the United States first before we to go the Moon >and destroy that also. What's there to destroy. I suggest that we move all the heavy polluting industries and most of the resource extraction sector to outer space. There are enough mineral resources

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2004-01-09 Thread Harkins, Patrick
I agree that space exploration is a great project and colonization is a great challenge as well. Perhaps the first step will be to redefine colonization so as to have a different meaning other than plunder and consume. Something more to do with discovery and broadening horizons I would hope. -Pa

Re: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

2004-01-09 Thread Larry C. Lyons
20 years ago there was an Office of Technolology report that suggested that the current (early 80's) technology was about 25 years in advance because of the space program. Just think if that push had continued where we would be now. I always get a kick out of the so called free enterprise types

Re: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

2004-01-09 Thread William H Bowen
I'll put that on my list, haven't read it in a long time. Currently reading "For US, The Living" Heilein's "first novel" (written in ~1938; rejected twice in 1939 and shelved) basically a thin narrative stringing together several lectures he gave on economics, social mores and life in the futur

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2004-01-09 Thread Andre Turrettini
Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea I think we should send Bush up there! -sorry couldn't resist! ;-) -Original Message- From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January 9, 2004 2:07 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea I havent seen a thread on this

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2004-01-09 Thread John Stanley
or build bases on the mineral rich moons of jupiter. -Original Message- From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 2:50 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea We need to get into space as fast as we can, otherwise, how

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2004-01-09 Thread Kevin Graeme
AIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 1:29 PM Subject: Re: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea > http://www.uncoveror.com/moon.htm > > I'm with Bush :-) > -- >  jon >  mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Friday, J

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2004-01-09 Thread Marlon Moyer
We need to get into space as fast as we can, otherwise, how else will we be able to preemptively strike? marlon 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 trav

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2004-01-09 Thread Jim Campbell
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

RE: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

2004-01-09 Thread John Stanley
>>Seriously though, as crappy as our shuttle program is now, it led to a >>buttload of material science advances that we benefit from every day. You are right the shuttle program is old and outdated, I wonder what the next generation of stuff in store for us is, also about how they will use the ne

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2004-01-09 Thread Jerry Johnson
other thing, the US is doing pretty well, all things considered, at least better than most other countries. -Original Message- 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.

RE: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

2004-01-09 Thread John Stanley
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 haven

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2004-01-09 Thread jon hall
http://www.uncoveror.com/moon.htm I'm with Bush :-) -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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> manne

Re: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

2004-01-09 Thread Jacob
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 >m

Re: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

2004-01-09 Thread William H Bowen
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 John Stanley wrote: > I havent seen a thread on this list about this topic in a while, and

Re: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

2004-01-09 Thread Kevin Graeme
I was waiting until we hear Bush's official statement. But if he wants to persue an envigorated space program, I wholeheartedly support it. It's a win either way. Either we get bubble domes on the moon to play in, or (more likely) Bush crash and burns on this at election time. Yay! Bubble dome cra

RE: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

2004-01-09 Thread Harkins,Patrick
I think we should send Bush up there! -sorry couldn't resist! ;-) -Original Message- From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: January 9, 2004 2:07 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea I havent seen a thread on this list about this topic in a while