John Washburn wrote:
I would think the problem with the camp X-Ray approach is the same as
happened historically in Botany Bay or fictionally in the Moon is a
Harsh Mistress.
When (not if) the ongoing support of the penal colony collapses what
happens?
The children are in legal limbo; neither c
ve an interplanetary war of secession?
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>Interesting OpEd piece in the NYT today poin
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, John Washburn wrote:
> I would think the problem with the camp X-Ray approach is the same as
> happened historically in Botany Bay or fictionally in the Moon is a
> Harsh Mistress.
>
> When (not if) the ongoing support of the penal colony collapses what
> happens?
>
> The chil
Washburn
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Subject: RE: Lunar Colony
On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, John Washburn wrote:
> I would think the problem with the camp X-Ray approach is the same as
> happened historically in Botany Bay or fictionally in the Moon is a
> Harsh Mistress.
>
> When (not if) the
;Trei, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"'Justin'"
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Subject: RE: Lunar Colony
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:20:51 -0500
At 04:39 PM 1/15/04 -0500, Trei, Peter wrote:
...
Interesting OpEd piece in the NYT today pointing ou
Setting up a base at mars is not a bad idea.
Building a nuclear war head is a costly affair and no
one complains about it,when u never know who will
strike and where it will strike. So,spending billions
of dollars for a mar mission is certainly not a
problem.you never know when it might come in ha
At 05:28 PM 1/15/04 -0600, bgt wrote:
..
I had wondered how long it would take for the inevitable U.S.
announcement of a renewed push for lunar and mars colonization after
the Chinese announced their plans to colonize and mine the moon
awhile ago.
Well, we needed to find someplace even more remote,
At 04:39 PM 1/15/04 -0500, Trei, Peter wrote:
..
Interesting OpEd piece in the NYT today pointing out that
a manned Mars expedition becomes *much* more affordable if
no return trip is planned. This is not a suicide mission;
supplies could be sent for rest of the emigrants natural
lives, and with th
John Kelsey (2004-01-17 02:20Z) wrote:
> At 04:39 PM 1/15/04 -0500, Trei, Peter wrote:
> ...
> >Interesting OpEd piece in the NYT today pointing out that
> >a manned Mars expedition becomes *much* more affordable if
> >no return trip is planned. This is not a suicide mission;
> >supplies could be
On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 16:11, Justin wrote:
> Trei, Peter (2004-01-15 21:39Z) wrote:
> > Interesting OpEd piece in the NYT today pointing out that
> > a manned Mars expedition becomes *much* more affordable if
> > no return trip is planned.
>
> This is obvious. More affordable, but more risk. We
Trei, Peter (2004-01-15 21:39Z) wrote:
> >Does anyone think it will take less than trillions
> >of dollars to establish a moon base?
>
> The more realistic numbers I've heard are $400 billion
> for a moon base, double that for a Mars mission. I don't
> know the incremental cost to sustain the moo
On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 12:00, Tyler Durden wrote:
> Even more importantly, we can basically make the entire moon the perfect
> model of American culture in action, without any other nation to contest our
> policies there. It could be a paradise, and since no terrorists or ragheads
> will be allo
Justin wrote:
>Does anyone think it will take less than trillions
>of dollars to establish a moon base?
The more realistic numbers I've heard are $400 billion
for a moon base, double that for a Mars mission. I don't
know the incremental cost to sustain the moonbase.
Interesting OpEd piece in the
Pete Capelli (2004-01-15 20:12Z) wrote:
> > Of course, bankrupting the U.S. and getting a base on the moon are both
> > useful objectives. With no financially viable country owning the lunar
> > outpost, things could get quite interesting.
>
> Can't we just match this up with the 60% of the fede
> But bankrupting America will allow the ragheads to win. A lunar colony
> within 10 years will certainly bankrupt the U.S. given our current
> financial situation. Does anyone think it will take less than trillions
> of dollars to establish a moon base? It takes close to a billion
> dollars ju
Tyler Durden (2004-01-15 18:00Z) wrote:
> Thank goodness Mr Bush is finally thinking long term.
>
> Not only will the Lunar Base focus all of our attention away from the wars
> and other nastiness down here, it will get us to the moon before Al Qaeda
> and bin Laden ever have a chance to start
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