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| From | ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.written |
| Subject | Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams |
| Date | 2018-10-06 02:46 +0000 |
| Organization | loft |
| Message-ID | <g1qlvhF35aoU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <pp7s3c$pub$1@reader1.panix.com> <5iufrdpduur0kji5is9242du0om3l2bpje@4ax.com> <pp8v94$4ah$2@dont-email.me> <pp8vnp$5tc$1@dont-email.me> |
In article <pp8vnp$5tc$1@dont-email.me>, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote: >On 10/5/2018 7:22 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote: >> On 10/5/2018 6:57 PM, J. Clarke wrote: >>> On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 17:57:55 -0500, Lynn McGuire >>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On 10/5/2018 9:22 AM, James Nicoll wrote: >>>>> Sorry to Crush Your Dreams, But We're Not Colonizing Space Anytime Soon >>>>> >>>>> >https://www.tor.com/2018/10/05/sorry-to-crush-your-dreams-but-were-not-colonizing-space-anytime-soon/ >>>>> >>>> >>>> All we need is a fuel source like the imaginary Squeezer*. Until then, >>>> space is going to be for the ultra-rich. >>>> >>>> Lynn >>>> >>>> * The Squeezer is the infinite compression / gravity less device from >>>> John Varley's splendid _Red Thunder_ books. >>>> https://www.amazon.com/Red-Thunder-Lightning-Novel/dp/0441011624/ >>> >>> Once the cost has been reduced to fuel and crew time it will get a lot >>> less expensive. >>> >>> NASA never tried to make it cheap, they just bought and continue to >>> buy overpriced throwaways. >> >> Ah, the participants will change from the ultra rich to the very rich ? >> >> I just don't see a trip around the moon costing less than, $10 million a >> person. >> >> Lynn > >And, what about the 1 in 99 chance of failure for the Space Shuttle. I >doubt that any space ship will have a much better failure rate. > >I would still probably get on the 1 in 99 failure rate space ship if >somebody bought me a ticket. > >Lynn > That Japanese artist guy is looking for passengers on the flight he booked last I heard. The catch is you have to be an artist. -- ------ columbiaclosings.com What's not in Columbia anymore..
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[tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) - 2018-10-05 14:22 +0000
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-10-05 08:01 -0700
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams David Johnston <davidjohnston29@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-05 10:08 -0600
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams mcdowell_ag@sky.com - 2018-10-05 09:02 -0700
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-10-05 18:28 +0000
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 13:00 -0700
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-10-05 13:10 -0700
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-10-05 13:42 -0700
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 13:54 -0700
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Joe Bernstein <Kdeurama@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 22:52 +0000
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-10-08 07:01 -0700
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-10-06 09:49 -0700
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-10-05 14:22 -0700
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams smw <smw@trm.encs.concordia.ca> - 2018-10-11 04:58 +0000
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 06:06 -0700
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-10-11 13:23 +0000
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-10-11 10:16 -0700
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-10-11 17:26 +0000
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 20:59 -0400
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-10-11 23:04 -0700
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-12 20:18 -0400
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams "Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> - 2018-10-11 21:03 +0000
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 17:57 -0500
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 19:57 -0400
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 19:22 -0500
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 19:30 -0500
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 22:37 -0400
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-10-06 02:46 +0000
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 22:36 -0400
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 22:05 -0500
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-10-06 04:26 +0000
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-10-05 21:55 -0700
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-10-06 13:56 +0000
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2018-10-06 07:18 -0700
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Cryptoengineer <treifamily@gmail.com> - 2018-10-06 09:37 -0500
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-10-06 05:07 +0000
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams peterwezeman@hotmail.com - 2018-10-05 23:59 -0700
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-06 12:07 -0400
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-10-11 21:03 -0600
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-11 23:31 -0400
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-10-12 13:25 -0500
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-10-12 13:54 -0500
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-12 20:23 -0400
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-10-12 21:17 -0500
Re: [tor dot com] Sorry to Crush Your Dreams J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-10-13 00:04 -0400
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