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

RE: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

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

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

RE: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

2004-01-09 Thread Harkins, Patrick
. -Patrick -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, and in light of the upcoming Bush speech on a permanent

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2004-01-09 Thread Larry C. Lyons
rappy as our shuttle program is now, it led to a >buttload of material science advances that we benefit from every day. > >-Kevin > > >- Original Message - >From: "John Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

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

RE: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

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.

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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
IL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 1:06 PM Subject: Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea > 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

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

Space Colonization -- Good or Bad Idea

2004-01-09 Thread John Stanley
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 pre