On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 23:34:54
JHByrne wrote:
reference: the 1876 Comstock Act allows American corporations to rent government land
for exploitation at 1876 prices.
John Byrne
I realise this is off topic, but what I really want to know: Does this Act oblige the
American government to
in
the future than they would today?
- John S.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William
P. Niedringhaus
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 11:38 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Private Enterprise
Bring on the entrepreneurs to mine
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:RE: Private Enterprise
Why wait until a lunar/asteroid infrastructure is reaping
profits? In view
of the fact that entrepreneurs have already thoroughly
overexploited one
planet - Earth
In a message dated 12/10/2001 8:31:20 AM Alaskan Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Why wait until a lunar/asteroid infrastructure is "reaping profits"? In view
of the fact that entrepreneurs have already thoroughly overexploited one
planet - Earth - let's levy the tax now. Let's see how
On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 08:52:46
JHByrne wrote:
In 1885, Eugene Dubois, a Belgian doctor, reluctantly joined the Belgian army
in order to get to Indonesia so he could dig for 'the missing link', later
termed Homo Erectus. He found his missing link, but if the Belgians had not
invaded
In a message dated 12/9/2001 12:55:36 PM Alaskan Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Interesting story, but I'm afraid it's not correct because it were the Dutch who invaded Indonesia. The Belgian army has never left Europe except for some involvement in Kongo, Africa.
So maybe Eugene
, 2001 5:52
AM
Subject: Re: Private Enterprise
In a message dated
12/7/2001 12:18:24 PM Alaskan Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
As an American, I emphatically disagree. Private
enterprise is not the solution for space exploration, for the simple reasons
already
In a message dated 12/6/2001 4:16:41 AM Alaskan Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Is this really what people want? Coca Cola could pay to spraypaint its
logo across the moon. A bio.com decides Mars or Europa's ocean is the
perfect place to testbed its latest genetically modified bacteria,
Tales', but I can't remember the name of the story offhand. There
is nothing new under the sun, my friend.
-- JHB
As an American, I emphatically disagree. Private enterprise is not
the solution for space exploration, for the simple reasons already mentioned:
1. Nobody has found a way to make
that a nation's powers end at
the farthest range of its shore batteries), once a private enterprise gets off
earth, there's not a lot to stop them doing whatever they pleased.
Is this really what people want? Coca Cola could pay to spraypaint its
logo across the moon. A bio.com decides Mars or Europa's
Here is an excerpt from an ongoing discussion on
the Europa discussion group site ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) that I think is worth more
distribution. (The Europa group is supposed to be devoted exclusively to
Jupiter's moon, but sometimes we stray, and have to be shepherded back to the
fold.)
"For
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