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Re: Why colonise Mars?

From jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
Newsgroups sci.physics
Subject Re: Why colonise Mars?
Date 2016-11-22 19:39 +0000
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reber g=emc^2 <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 10:20:08 AM UTC-8, edpr...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 1:31:05 AM UTC-5, ji...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> > Yuri Kreaton <invlaid@invalid.com> wrote:
>> []
>> > > 
>> > > there is no real need to colonize the moon, mars or even have men in 
>> > > space.  Only political.
>> > 
>> > It is more basic then that; the only reason for humans to go to space
>> > is ego.
>> 
>> Actually that is a big factor.
>> 
>> > 
>> > There is nothing on any other body in the solar system that can not
>> > be had cheaper on Earth.
>> > 
>> > There is nothing off the Earth that can not be explored cheaper and
>> > more extensively by remote machines.
>> 
>> Part A: okay, part B I respectfully disagree
>> > 
>> > It is difficult to find a scenario that would make the Earth a worse
>> > place to live than Mars or the Moon.
>> 
>> Really, How about a simple thermonuclear world war.
>> That will ruin our planet pretty thoroughly.
>> 
>> > 
>> > If some private entity wants to send humans off planet, fine, but it
>> > is a waste of public resources for governments to do it with the end
>> > of the Cold War, which was the primary reason for going to the Moon.
>> > 
>> 
>> Elon Musk is putting a lot of his own money into his plans for Mars.
>> I am less upset about some public funds going to that than I am for
>> the trillions wasted in recent wars AFTER the cold war.
>> 
>> ed
> 
> If JFK lived we would have a colony on the Moon.Now commie China will have Chinese takeouts on the Moon.Its a   shame what the GOP Mafia did after they killed JFK and Bobby. TreBert

JFK's goal was to beat the Soviet Union to the Moon, not to stay there.


-- 
Jim Pennino

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Why colonise Mars? alal65536@gmail.com - 2016-11-21 19:07 -0800
  Re: Why colonise Mars? Yuri Kreaton <invlaid@invalid.com> - 2016-11-21 22:09 -0600
  Re: Why colonise Mars? Alan Folmsbee <omnilobe@gmail.com> - 2016-11-21 20:28 -0800
    Re: Why colonise Mars? Yuri Kreaton <invlaid@invalid.com> - 2016-11-21 22:31 -0600
      Re: Why colonise Mars? edprochak@gmail.com - 2016-11-21 22:08 -0800
        Re: Why colonise Mars? Yuri Kreaton <invlaid@invalid.com> - 2016-11-22 22:42 -0600
      Re: Why colonise Mars? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-11-22 06:17 +0000
        Re: Why colonise Mars? edprochak@gmail.com - 2016-11-22 10:20 -0800
          Re: Why colonise Mars? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-11-22 11:03 -0800
            Re: Why colonise Mars? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-11-22 19:39 +0000
            Re: Why colonise Mars? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-11-22 11:58 -0800
          Re: Why colonise Mars? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-11-22 19:37 +0000
          Re: Why colonise Mars? Yuri Kreaton <invlaid@invalid.com> - 2016-11-22 22:45 -0600
      Re: Why colonise Mars? alal65536@gmail.com - 2016-11-21 23:21 -0800
        Re: Why colonise Mars? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-11-22 18:17 +0000
          Re: Why colonise Mars? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-11-22 11:06 -0800
          Re: Why colonise Mars? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-11-22 13:19 -0800
            Re: Why colonise Mars? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-11-22 16:12 -0800
            Re: Why colonise Mars? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-12-01 12:50 -0800
              Re: Why colonise Mars? Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-12-01 13:16 -0800
                Re: Why colonise Mars? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-12-01 16:15 -0800
                Re: Why colonise Mars? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-12-04 12:03 -0800
                Re: Why colonise Mars? john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-12-04 12:42 -0800
                Re: Why colonise Mars? Double-A <double-a3@hush.com> - 2016-12-04 13:24 -0800
                Re: Why colonise Mars? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-12-04 13:42 -0800
              Re: Why colonise Mars? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-12-01 16:15 -0800
              Re: Why colonise Mars? Earle Jones27 <earle.jones@comcast.net> - 2016-12-04 17:24 -0800
          Re: Why colonise Mars? edprochak@gmail.com - 2016-11-22 20:16 -0800
            Re: Why colonise Mars? jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2016-11-23 05:33 +0000
              Re: Why colonise Mars? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-11-23 11:20 -0800
  Re: Why colonise Mars? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-11-21 22:03 -0800
    Re: Why colonise Mars? Yuri Kreaton <invlaid@invalid.com> - 2016-11-28 08:38 -0600
  Re: Why colonise Mars? Yuri Kreaton <invlaid@invalid.com> - 2016-12-04 23:25 -0600
    Re: Why colonise Mars? Yuri Kreaton <invlaid@invalid.com> - 2016-12-05 12:48 -0600
      Re: Why colonise Mars? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-12-05 13:15 -0800
        Re: Why colonise Mars? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-12-05 13:38 -0800
        Re: Why colonise Mars? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-12-07 10:21 -0800
          Re: Why colonise Mars? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-12-07 11:13 -0800

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