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Re: Was C. S. Lewis the first to say that colonising other planets would be immoral if they had native inhabitants?

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In article <a92b1f45-3f43-4f54-b499-b31830da1971@googlegroups.com>,
Moriarty <blues95@ivillage.com> said:

> Hence the second epilogue to Jeff Wayne's musical version of
> TWOTW:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yua0KtmyFBQ
>
> (starts at 2:47)
>
> Pasadena Control: It's looking good. It's going good. We're
> getting great pictures here at NASA Control, Pasadena.  The
> landing-craft touched down on Mars 28 kilometers from the
> aim-point. We're looking at a remarkable landscape, littered with
> different kinds of rocks - red, purple... How 'bout that, Bermuda?
>
> Bermuda Control: Fantastic! Look at the dune-field.
>
> Pasadena Control: Hey, wait. I'm getting a no-go signal. Now I'm
> losing one of the craft. Hey, Bermuda, you getting it?
>
> Bermuda Control: No, I lost contact. There's a lot of dust blowing
> up there.
>
> Pasadena Control: Now I've lost the second craft. We got problems.
>
> Bermuda Control: All contact lost, Pasadena. Maybe the
> antenna's...
>
> Pasadena Control: What's that flare? See it? A green flare, coming
> from Mars, kind of a green mist behind it. It's getting
> closer. You see it, Bermuda? Come in, Bermuda! Houston, come in!
> What's going on? Tracking station 43, Canberra, come in, Canberra!
> Tracking station 63, can you hear me, Madrid? Can anybody hear me?
> Come in, come in...

That last bit seems to suggest faster-than-light travel. :-)

-- wds

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