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WilliamPitt
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:41 AM Original message |
I am frankly surprised at the vehement reactions here against space travel. |
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DefenseLawyer
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. Boondoggles bum me out. n/t |
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wolfgangmo
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
79. The money generated by the moon shot is huge. |
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DefenseLawyer
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #79 |
99. You forgot velcro and tang |
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struggle4progress
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #99 |
181. Velcro was invented in the 1940s, so attributing it to the space program |
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TankLV
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Fri Apr-16-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #181 |
222. Velcro was given to us by Vulcans from the future - everyone knows that! |
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Fri Apr-16-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #222 |
227. That was a great episode. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #99 |
389. Sheesh, not velcro, not tang, not a whole lot of stuff people claim. |
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DefenseLawyer
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Sun Apr-18-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #389 |
398. You did read my post, right? |
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Sun Apr-18-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #99 |
419. Agree . . . think it's the same case with Bill Gates? What did he invent? |
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Sun Apr-18-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #79 |
418. This presumes that no one had invented this stuff before us .... |
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FarCenter
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. Space exploration is good -- human space travel is a boondoggle |
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Johonny
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Fri Apr-16-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
150. pretty much |
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ChairmanAgnostic
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
185. So said the king, while the queen funded that tyrant Columbus |
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Confusious
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
190. Then art is a boondogle |
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HuckleB
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Fri Apr-16-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #190 |
221. +1 |
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Politicub
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #190 |
241. Indeed, children are a boondoggle |
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Confusious
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Sat Apr-17-10 04:33 AM Response to Reply #241 |
275. Honestly, I don't think so |
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DefenseLawyer
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Sun Apr-18-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #190 |
417. If the government gave a billion dollars to Lockheed Martin to build a statue, then yes |
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Confusious
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Sun Apr-18-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #417 |
436. We got a lot more back |
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bluestateguy
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. Liberals purport to be for government support of science |
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GoCubsGo
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
71. Some of us liberals recognize that is much, much more to science than space travel |
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Greyhound
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. But isn't that an argument for increased $$ to other research, rather than cutting |
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GoCubsGo
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #78 |
92. No... |
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defendandprotect
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #78 |
238. It's 42 years since the ... |
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Hekate
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:50 AM Response to Reply #238 |
272. Oh. My. God. The "alleged" moon landings?! "How faked it was"?! |
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #272 |
333. You're kidding . . . ? |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #333 |
337. That "tin foil" is called Mylar. That's where it comes from, by the way- the Apollo project. |
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Sun Apr-18-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #333 |
428. Thanks for the pic -- a marvel of the time-- extreme light weight construction |
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Sun Apr-18-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #428 |
433. Let me suggest that if you have a first or second grader around |
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Deep13
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #238 |
303. FAIL nt |
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Kajsa
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:45 AM Response to Reply #238 |
309. Tell that to Buzz Aldrin, |
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #309 |
334. People frequently do -- and his reactions seem to be depression or violence . . . |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #334 |
339. Yeah, he's sad and pissed off that anyone could be so fucking stupid. |
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Hekate
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #339 |
363. It takes a Christ-like person to suffer fools gladly, and even Jesus got pissed after awhile. ... |
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Sat Apr-17-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #363 |
367. Agree that the guy was over the line . . . but aside from this, Armstrong has been |
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Hekate
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Sat Apr-17-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #367 |
370. Every human being has the right to his/her own personality and the right to be left alone |
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #370 |
380. "Boring" re the flight . . . no one is expecting him to be an entertainer .... |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Apr-17-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #380 |
390. "inane responses" |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Apr-17-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #367 |
374. Neil Armstrong is a class act. |
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Kajsa
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Sun Apr-18-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #334 |
400. I don't blame Buzz |
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defendandprotect
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Sun Apr-18-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #400 |
405. Unfortunately, that particular hunk of tin foil is the Landing Module .... |
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Kajsa
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Sun Apr-18-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #405 |
406. Right! |
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defendandprotect
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Sun Apr-18-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #406 |
411. It is the Apollo 1 Landing Module . . . notice the rivets . . . |
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Kajsa
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Sun Apr-18-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #411 |
414. You've mentioned that twice now. |
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defendandprotect
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Sun Apr-18-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #414 |
420. Glad you understand that -- !!! |
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Kajsa
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Sun Apr-18-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #405 |
416. btw, |
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defendandprotect
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Sun Apr-18-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #416 |
422. You know it's not tinfoil? |
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Kajsa
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Mon Apr-19-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #422 |
437. Self delete. |
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WillyT
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Sat Apr-17-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #238 |
324. Oy Vey... |
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defendandprotect
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #324 |
335. "Only fools never doubt" -- |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #335 |
341. What, exactly, do you think that picture you keep posting proves? |
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WillyT
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Sat Apr-17-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #335 |
355. The Lemon... Maybe He Was Gonna Have Some Fish Sticks... |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Apr-17-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #355 |
375. Ol' Gus would put his boot in the ass of anyone spreading that kind of gibberish. |
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defendandprotect
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #355 |
378. dupe -- |
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defendandprotect
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #355 |
379. Here's some help on the lemon story . . . |
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liberation
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #71 |
199. Way to miss the point and play into the divide and conquer game. |
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defendandprotect
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #71 |
239. Not to mention "Star Wars" -- militarization of the skies -- !! |
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struggle4progress
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
183. You'll get more science for the same money with unmanned robotic missions |
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Confusious
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #183 |
193. As one NASA scientist said |
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Xithras
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #193 |
214. Yep, the Mars Rovers proved the value of human missions. |
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Confusious
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #214 |
218. The paragraph, from the principle scientist of guess what. |
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obxhead
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:35 AM Response to Reply #214 |
265. yes, but compare dollars along with the difference. |
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Confusious
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Sat Apr-17-10 04:37 AM Response to Reply #265 |
276. Can you tell me how far? |
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obxhead
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Sat Apr-17-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #276 |
383. yes, that is true |
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Confusious
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Sat Apr-17-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #383 |
386. Yes, but even if we had the money |
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defendandprotect
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Sun Apr-18-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #214 |
423. It proved how unready and lacking in intelligence we are for these projects . . . |
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struggle4progress
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #193 |
236. That's a catchy slogan, but catchy slogans don't necessarily reflect realities: |
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defendandprotect
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #183 |
240. Agree with you . . . |
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struggle4progress
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Sat Apr-17-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #240 |
318. That was exciting. I'm not sorry we did it. But I'd rather spend today's money |
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defendandprotect
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #318 |
332. For many it was ... |
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Ron Green
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. The crucial difference, as I see it, between exploration of the earth and space travel |
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Uncle Joe
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
44. But how do we evolve if we don't test ourselves by leaving our limited biosphere? |
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Ron Green
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. The question is whether we can support our un-evolved physical selves in space |
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Confusious
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
194. You're kiding right? |
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Ron Green
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #194 |
243. Yes, I'm kidding, or at least gently disagreeing with the previous poster. |
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Confusious
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Sat Apr-17-10 04:51 AM Response to Reply #243 |
277. Do you pay attention to space news? |
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PavePusher
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
229. You are entirely correct. |
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wryter2000
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Fri Apr-16-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #44 |
154. The human body can't go much farther than we already have |
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Uncle Joe
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #154 |
168. The human body undergoes changes from just a short time in space, loss of muscle and bone mass |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #154 |
184. You think so small. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #154 |
206. Did lightspeed slow down while I wasn't looking? /nt |
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Xithras
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #154 |
217. Yes, but everyone overlooks the other possibility that makes transit times irrelevant... |
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TankLV
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Fri Apr-16-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #217 |
224. 3000 years?!!! And you thought Social Security was in trouble NOW... |
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #217 |
344. You're not aware of ... "A Wrinkle in Time"? |
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:33 AM Response to Reply #154 |
307. The closest star is 500 light seconds away from Earth. |
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struggle4progress
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Sat Apr-17-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #307 |
351. Oooh! I want to colonize the Sun. I'm making up a list of potential colonists now |
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #351 |
358. I'd like to view that list when you're done. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
242. We're very likely earthbound . . . |
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JVS
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #242 |
247. Link on those Cosmonauts? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #247 |
254. It's readily available on the internet . . .. |
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JVS
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #254 |
263. Search for what? Russian cosmonauts die of cosmic radiation? |
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Confusious
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:16 AM Response to Reply #263 |
280. Sorry, you're not going to find it |
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Sat Apr-17-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #263 |
325. Yes . . . and you might also try interviews with Russian Cosmonauts . . |
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JVS
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
248. That's not how evolution works. |
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Uncle Joe
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:22 PM Response to Reply #248 |
376. Sure it is, species evolve to suit their environments if given enough opportunity. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
252. How about we "evolve" on this planet ... ??? |
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Cleobulus
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #252 |
256. So you advocate for Human Extinction? |
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Sat Apr-17-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #256 |
327. Many think that "Survival of the fittest" is about violence . . . |
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Cleobulus
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #327 |
356. You are the one presuming priveleged status for humans, not I... |
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Cleobulus
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
255. Uhm, humans adapt to differing environments all the time, how is space any different? |
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
266. I'm sure that's what the fish said to the ones that kept leaping up onto the land |
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. Sadly, I'm not surprised... |
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shraby
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. The people against space travel to Mars are probably |
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FarCenter
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Columbus had a perfectly good economic rationale for his voyage |
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Fri Apr-16-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
105. There isn't? I can think of one right off the top of my head |
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wolfgangmo
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Fri Apr-16-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #105 |
110. I would add research into carbon recycling. |
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FarCenter
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Fri Apr-16-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #105 |
114. You can develop both these technologies without going to Mars |
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Warren Stupidity
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #105 |
300. Mars is required for this why? |
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Confusious
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
196. Art has no plausible economic benefit |
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Fri Apr-16-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
225. Actually, Cathedrals were built as TOURIST ATTRACTIONS for their towns - and it WORKED! |
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Cleobulus
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #22 |
257. Hmm, you could be right, then again, that same cathedral building probably |
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wolfgangmo
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Fri Apr-16-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
107. Columbus was privately funded by Isabella. |
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sinkingfeeling
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't get it either. I like Obama's plan. |
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Gore1FL
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
198. I'd rather he funded all of the NASA missions though. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #198 |
212. Or maybe the technique for fusing helium 3 will never mature. Going to the moon |
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Gore1FL
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #212 |
235. He3 oK maybe, maybe not |
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #235 |
306. I'm not sure about that either. You don't need the moon for long duration training, |
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. The space "race" has certainly lead to some fabulous technological developments |
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mike_c
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. its an utter dearth of vision, IMO.... |
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Mother Smuckers
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Well, the very bottom line is that the whole universe will either expand into infinity and die |
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LeftyMom
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. That one got solved years back. |
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Mother Smuckers
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Fri Apr-16-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
119. Yes, it does...I only mention the crunch scenario because it's the only other possible one. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
197. Boy, you're the bright and cheery one aren't you. nt |
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Ozymanithrax
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
10. It is not the travel, it is the research enabling that travel that is important... |
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Enthusiast
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
29. I agree, Ozymanithrax. |
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wolfgangmo
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Fri Apr-16-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #29 |
109. That's because after the research is done. |
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supernova
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. Surprised the heck out of me |
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
260. We have 'liberals' who support trickle down economics & union busting and it surprises you to find |
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FightingIrish
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
13. Believing that our destiny is to stay forever on the rock on which we find ourselves |
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defendandprotect
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Sun Apr-18-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
412. Wow . . . if what we've done so far hasn't destroyed your "self esteem" |
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Flipper999
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
14. +1 |
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
15. I'm not surprised that the defenses have been to conflate all objections to this Mars mission |
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supernova
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Nah, this is an old discussion |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #18 |
43. I like to see all of the posts the op refers to 'against space travel' |
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tk2kewl
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
16. I agree... |
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Cleita
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
17. Well, if the military aspect were more like Star Trek's federation, with a |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Human nature |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
33. the nature of power and assumed authority of our government and military |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I didn't say it wouldn't take a very long time |
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
19. I'm not surprised by it |
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
20. No problems with space travel from me, but I have a huge problem with manned space travel |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. It costs a negligble amount of money. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. It costs far more than unmanned space flight. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. The real science is in both. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #38 |
46. And you could have a fleet of expendable rovers... |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Rovers can't do everything. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 02:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
108. if by a fleet you mean a couple dozen. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #108 |
125. It's fine with me. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #125 |
134. What kind of circular logic is that |
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #125 |
233. Oh, to walk among the shining stars and touch the soil of an alien world... |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Why would you spend billions of dollars on something useless? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. It isn't useless. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
62. How is it not useless. Everything humans can do in space can be done a lot better using robots |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. No they can't. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. So develop new robots that can dig. Are you telling me we can't build that? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. We can but they lack flexibility. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. You are right. But the fact that they cost a tiny fraction of what it costs to get people up there |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #81 |
88. Which is why we should use robots... but we should also use humans. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. If we got to the point where we were mining stuff on other planets yes |
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Fri Apr-16-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #91 |
104. Well the plan was never to send humans today. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #104 |
118. But what humans will be doing 10 years from now on the moon could be done on robots |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #118 |
124. I am not talking about mining Mars. It was just an example. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #124 |
127. But aside from saying they are flexible you got any examples |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. Delete. Dupe. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #127 |
129. You "send another robot". LOL. Would be funny if it wasn't so sad. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #129 |
167. You're not giving the mars rovers enough credit. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #167 |
178. This wasn't our first try. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:14 AM Response to Reply #91 |
287. And if you keep sending robots |
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Fri Apr-16-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #81 |
111. You're right - we should just use robots - they are our friends. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #111 |
117. lol. Spare me your bullshit. The jobs of 2 or 3 astronauts aren't worth billions of tax payer dollar |
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #62 |
200. You vastly overestimate robotic technology |
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Fri Apr-16-10 09:26 PM Response to Reply #20 |
226. now where have I heard that mentioned about a MILLION times before? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
24. Manned travel seems rather pointless, in many cases. So I wouldn't call myself |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
25. Our civilization cannot set its priorities by your childhood fantasies. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
45. Great achievement has no roadmap. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Your view is myopic. One does not require a gov't subisidy to experience awe. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
93. That "awe" is what inspired a generation of kids to go into science. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. By the mid-70s we had a considerable surplus of PhD Physics and Chemistry majors |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
131. Our Civilization cannot progress with your lack of imagination. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
202. I find Your lack of imagination disturbing |
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #202 |
261. Unjustifiable assumption. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:06 AM Response to Reply #261 |
279. Yes, that's what I think every time I talk to my daughter |
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Sat Apr-17-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #279 |
384. Just more insults and assumptions. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #384 |
385. Since you are so easily insulted |
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:12 AM Response to Reply #25 |
259. Precisely what I was going to post. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
26. I agree |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
27. If god hadn't meant for us to explore the stars, he wouldn't have given us F=mv^2 n/t |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. LOL |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
120. Actually, F=ma. mv^2 is KE doubled. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #120 |
156. Thanks. n/t |
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Sat Apr-17-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
348. Guess that settles it. Stay on earth. At least until you learn basic physics. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
34. I am stunned too William. NASA has given back so much (for free) to the world. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Then let "the world" pay for it; we are broke. nt |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. We aren't broke we just have broken priorities. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
113. Translation |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
123. are you out of your mind? NASA is a tiny part of the budget |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
35. Robotic missions are the way to go, at least for now. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
40. They are people who are against doing two things. (n/t) |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
42. They don't understand what a HUGE driver for technological progress it is and how they benefit. nt |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
47. Everybody's on that "save money" kick. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
49. I actually want to go farther faster. That's why I'd rather forgoe "manned" missions. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
50. Space exploration at what cost? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Defense spending is 66x as large as NASA budget. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. You're not including funding for NASA hidden in the defense budget and other approps. like Energy |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Prove it. Untiil then it simply is a bogus claim. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. prove all of your little claims in this and the other threads |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Here. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #60 |
86. what about NASA's involvement |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. What does that have to do with space exploration. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #90 |
94. you were talking about how much money goes to NASA, not just exploration |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #94 |
101. "will be needed to facilitate the mission will not be restricted to NASA's operating budget." |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. maybe not, but I do need time for the appropriations to be broken down |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #53 |
76. I feel 100 X more strongly about the defense budget |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #53 |
126. What people also forget .... |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
54. When hunger, homelessness, lack of jobs, medical care for all |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. That is a bogus strawman. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. How can you acknowledge hunger in this country and then |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. How about we cut defense spending by 10% = $70.8 billion, fully fund NASA and spend the other $50B |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. Wall Street execs took home 8x NASA's budget last year in salary and bonuses. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Exactly. It is sad. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #77 |
89. We need to scrap ALL expensive stuff we can't afford until we pay off our bills |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #89 |
103. "If space exploration is a necessity, then cut military spending to pay for it." |
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Fri Apr-16-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #103 |
149. But I have said repeatedly our children have no food |
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Fri Apr-16-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #149 |
158. Here is one thing NASA might help you do |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #158 |
166. If those in charge choose to spend the money elsewhere, isn't it no longer there? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #166 |
171. Alas it is NOT part of the MIC |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #77 |
132. As a business owner I can tell you... |
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #61 |
204. Strawman |
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Fri Apr-16-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #54 |
137. Right bullet. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:44 PM Response to Reply #54 |
182. We'll have none of those problems anymore..... |
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:28 AM Response to Reply #182 |
290. Problem is.. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
59. I would expect the desire to explore space to be "built-in" to humans ... |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
64. I happen to agree with you and was pleased to see your comments. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
66. No suprise here. There are a lot of Luddites on this board. n/t |
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Fri Apr-16-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #66 |
140. Luddites. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
67. Populism has often had an anti-science, anti-intellectual bent. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 04:33 PM Response to Reply #67 |
143. the only intellectualism I see is from folks responding to the dissent |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #143 |
169. My statement is fact. Yours isn't. Mine is true. Yours is just an opinion. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
69. "Report of the Special Committee on the Quality of Life" |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Lemme make sure I have this right: the space program is justified by Spain's rape of the New World? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Innovative interpretation. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. That's pretty much how I see it |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. So...your posting is not to be taken in context of what actually followed Colon's voyage? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #82 |
95. Man discovers something and it is abused. Ergo, man should not discover anything? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #95 |
100. ergo it's a poor basis on which to build an analogy urging further action. nt |
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Fri Apr-16-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #95 |
142. Puhleeeeeeease. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #82 |
209. It is a simple parallel: no colon traveling to the Americas, no USA |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #73 |
85. Try processing it this way, without a strong space program, to the Universe; |
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Fri Apr-16-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
70. Agreed, but not surprised. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
83. Didn't W trot this out at a state of the union? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
84. better research can be done with robots and probes |
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:16 PM Response to Reply #84 |
205. Because |
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Sat Apr-17-10 08:02 AM Response to Reply #205 |
294. robots can transmit data back to earth in seconds |
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Sat Apr-17-10 08:44 AM Response to Reply #294 |
296. How does a robot transmit faster than the speed of light? n/t |
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:45 AM Response to Reply #296 |
310. oh, all right then, in a few minutes or hours depending on how far out |
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Sat Apr-17-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #310 |
368. Not to be mean |
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Sat Apr-17-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #368 |
371. no. I just have no bias. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #371 |
388. In part I think you're right |
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Sun Apr-18-10 06:57 AM Response to Reply #388 |
397. careful, you might give them ideas... |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
87. I just think unmanned is the way to go. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
97. I have faith that humanity will maintain... |
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Fri Apr-16-10 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
98. Actions speak louder than words. He was bullshitting NASA |
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Fri Apr-16-10 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
106. Jet travel is a much larger problem. Space travel is just plain stupid. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #106 |
304. Your segue just gave me whiplash. nt |
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Fri Apr-16-10 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
112. Me too! |
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Fri Apr-16-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
115. It's different. It's Obama. This is DU. No further explanation needed. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
116. There is a future universe out there where we must go |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
121. Explorer/colonization fatigue? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
122. At the bottom it actually is easy to get |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
130. Simple-minded technophobia and misanthropy. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
135. Space travel has to happen if we expect to continue life. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:24 AM Response to Reply #135 |
305. "If we haven't developed interstellar travel capabilities" |
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Sat Apr-17-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #305 |
353. Yes, yes, and the people living in the Dark Ages would have said the same |
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Sun Apr-18-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #353 |
401. Sure, if we assume a magical future anything is possible. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
136. Bums me out too... |
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Fri Apr-16-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #136 |
144. to add to the list.... |
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Warren DeMontague
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Fri Apr-16-10 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
138. k&r |
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Fri Apr-16-10 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
139. Maybe people would like Universal Health Care instead. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #139 |
145. If you have gone THIS DAY without using some product partially created via advances NASA has made |
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Fri Apr-16-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #139 |
146. I agree completely but NASA is not to blame for our lack of health care. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #139 |
155. How much health care can you get for $5.16 a month? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #139 |
191. Yeah, that would be sweet. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #139 |
211. Yes so we should do nothing |
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Fri Apr-16-10 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
141. What would we have done without Tang? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
147. I'm with you, Will. It cost a shitload of money to get west of the Mississippi River ... |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #147 |
163. dupe |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #147 |
164. not everyone is glad |
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Fri Apr-16-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
148. We wouldn't have any ttrouble affording it if we weren't trying to conquer earth n/t |
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Fri Apr-16-10 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
151. Manned space travel is the next logical step in human evolution...nt |
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Fri Apr-16-10 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
152. Inventions from Space |
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Fri Apr-16-10 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
153. I think it stems from PTSD after 8 years of Bush. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:43 PM Response to Reply #153 |
251. And, what of the 42 years since we "went to the moon" . . . ??? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
157. Agreed. For one thing, we must look towards moving off of our overpopulated planet. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
159. Doesn't seem very progressive, does it? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #159 |
161. or logical |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #161 |
165. Evil Spock...ruuuun! Wait...I liked him better than the normal Spock. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
160. Yeah, especially since there are so many rasta-nauts and space cadets here. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #160 |
174. Fuax Sknews - we lie and you buy...it. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #174 |
177. yep... dat Muppet ain't no puppet! |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #177 |
179. Hahaha! Stop it! Tea hurts coming out of the nose. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
162. So, we are all supposed to be of the same opinion about it then? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #162 |
213. Well what are you doing about it? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
170. I believe in space exploration... |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #170 |
250. It's been corporatized and militarized . . . |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
172. NASA spinoffs- satellites+, hearing, diabetes, eye disease, first responders, and Nerf Gliders |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #172 |
173. global, multispectral imagery |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
175. Mr. Pitt, I also found it very strange |
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #175 |
203. Something really weird has been going on in DU for a while... |
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #203 |
301. It's perfectly obvious what is happening, |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
176. Put some of the money into dolphin language research |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
180. Why are you surprised? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
186. i'm all for expanding space exploration. unmanned. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
187. I'm on your side |
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
188. With just one year of iraq war spending, we could have made contact with another solar system by now |
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
189. Surprised here as well |
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
192. There's a general hatred of all things science and technology these days |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #192 |
249. That's nonsense . . . |
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:40 AM Response to Reply #249 |
262. QED. (nt) |
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #262 |
331. You doubt Global Warming or that it is man-made? |
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #262 |
340. +1... |
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
195. 40 years ago Today Apollo 13 was a day from splashing down |
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Fri Apr-16-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
201. The most ironic part of it all, is seeing people bitching and moaning about space programs... |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #201 |
246. How many ducks on a pond . . . ? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
207. The ROI for manned space travel over the last 50 yrs is so great as to be incalculable. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #207 |
382. And Native Americans are the bad guys . . . !!! Wow ...!! |
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Sun Apr-18-10 06:28 AM Response to Reply #382 |
396. I guess you don't live anywhere west of the Appalachians. |
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Sun Apr-18-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #396 |
399. Rather . . . |
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Sun Apr-18-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #399 |
403. Insensitivity? |
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Sun Apr-18-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #403 |
404. Yes, I'm aware . . . |
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Sun Apr-18-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #404 |
408. And someone with a true perspective on history |
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Sun Apr-18-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #408 |
429. You mean the propaganda of white male history . . . ? |
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Sun Apr-18-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #429 |
431. So all the "Europeans" living here should be shipped back home? |
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Sun Apr-18-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #431 |
432. "Racism" is recognizing that we stole this continent from the Native American?? |
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
208. Axing NASA is a mistake. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:33 PM Response to Reply #208 |
244. NASA was corporatized and militarized long ago - - |
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:54 AM Response to Reply #208 |
292. NASA didn't get axed. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
210. I'm not against space travel. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
215. I'm pretty sure Columbus had freepers arguing against searching for America |
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Fri Apr-16-10 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
216. there are DUers who seem to be against all travel, space or otherwise. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
219. Feh - it's an anonymous posting site - it's a fixture... |
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Fri Apr-16-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
220. There has always been a Scientific Rationalist |
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Fri Apr-16-10 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
223. Thank you for bringing this up. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
228. Stupid Tea Bagger types are just Anti Science anti Intelligent, i work with them. people who believe |
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:39 PM Response to Reply #228 |
234. *high five* nt |
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
230. Easy.... |
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
231. Thanks, well said. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
232. I'm not surprised but I am certainly disappointed by the short-sightedness |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
237. And Homelessness and Unemployment don't bother you more? |
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #237 |
264. Okay. First off, The moon landings were NOT faked. The Mir is not in "low earth orbit" ANYMORE. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:20 AM Response to Reply #237 |
282. I don't understand this post on multiple levels... |
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #282 |
322. Thank you for drawing my attention to that bizarre sig line. Apes are omnivores; humans are omnivore |
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #322 |
338. Humans may be hybrids . . . |
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #338 |
345. What the fuck are you talking about? Hybrids, with what, may I ask? |
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Sat Apr-17-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #345 |
350. Try the Bible on that on . . . |
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #350 |
357. Ok, now I know you are a complete kook, or at least a poe. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #357 |
364. And, therefore, so is the Vatican -- |
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Sat Apr-17-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #338 |
387. Nothing with suggests we are animal-eaters -- |
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #282 |
336. Hey, let's knock out the Van Allen Radiation Belts -- !!! |
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #336 |
343. You do realize that the Van Allen belts won't kill you instantly right? |
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Sat Apr-17-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #343 |
347. When we wonder today how people |
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #347 |
359. There are so many things wrong with this post, factual errors that even a grade school... |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
245. Rockets roar, Mr. Pitt. Diaspora. Let's go. |
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Fri Apr-16-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #245 |
253. Quite a load of tinfoil . . . |
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:39 AM Response to Reply #253 |
274. Sez the man who thinks the Moon Landing was faked. Oy. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #274 |
326. And, don't spare the rivets--!!! |
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Warren DeMontague
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Sat Apr-17-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #326 |
329. Yeah. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
258. I agree, It's very short-sighted. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
267. But...but..don't you know? We must solve EVERY problem here on Earth |
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #267 |
342. You seem to be ignoring that the PROBLEMS here were created by humans .... !!! |
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Sat Apr-17-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #342 |
354. If you think we can't get through the Van Allen radiation belts, that means |
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Sat Apr-17-10 07:26 PM Response to Reply #354 |
365. Yes, the Van Allen Radiation Belts would mean . . . |
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Sat Apr-17-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #267 |
349. Why are you typing on the internet??? Don't you know not every other problem has been solved yet??? |
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
268. Our species will only survive if we can solve space travel. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #268 |
366. We've already polluted this planet -- |
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
269. I know how you feel, Will. The Space Program is about an expansive universe and the vision... |
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Sun Apr-18-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #269 |
407. Have you no concept that the universe may very well be populated . . . ???? |
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
270. With you on the vision thing |
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Sun Apr-18-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #270 |
409. NASA is probably more run by the MIC at this point -- |
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
271. No one thinks you're wrong, but look at it this way. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:29 AM Response to Reply #271 |
285. If you wait for the perfect time |
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Sat Apr-17-10 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
273. Me too. Progress will occur. To stand against it in one aspect of human endeavor while demanding |
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:01 AM Response to Original message |
278. I think because most consider space travel a luxury. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:23 AM Response to Reply #278 |
283. you act as if |
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Sun Apr-18-10 04:17 AM Response to Reply #283 |
394. I didn't mean to convey that impression. |
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Sun Apr-18-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #283 |
410. Right . . . as we evidently continue to try to move nuclear products into space? |
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:28 AM Response to Reply #278 |
284. Who uses solar cells the most |
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
281. me too |
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
286. Fuck the space haters |
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
288. But now space travel is privatized under the Obama administration. Not good |
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:20 AM Response to Reply #288 |
289. Obama’s New Space Exploration Plan Includes Major Role for Private Firms |
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
291. Manned space travel is overly expensive because of life-support technology. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
293. A little perspective on NASA spending |
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Sat Apr-17-10 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
295. I am with William... |
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Sat Apr-17-10 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
297. LSD will get you there for a lot less money. . . |
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #297 |
299. No, it won't. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #299 |
320. Man of experience?? lol |
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Sat Apr-17-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #297 |
373. Someday, people will do both at the same time. |
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Sun Apr-18-10 05:49 AM Response to Reply #373 |
395. When you think about it, we're already travelling in space. . . |
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
298. K&R |
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
302. I am absolutely in favor for space exploration. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
308. Not from me. I've always been 100% behind the space program. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
311. Benefits GAINED by Space Travel..."And I can prove it" |
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Sun Apr-18-10 08:19 PM Response to Reply #311 |
427. Enriched baby food . . . !! |
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
312. The anti-intellectualism I'm reading here is frankly shocking. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #312 |
321. That is beautifully said, Deep13 |
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Sat Apr-17-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #312 |
330. You've got the whole range: Moon landing deniers, anti-technology cranks, people opposed to |
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Sat Apr-17-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #330 |
360. Don't forget that we are half-alien/angel too! |
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Sat Apr-17-10 11:43 PM Response to Reply #360 |
393. I know. It truly is the Heavenly Coffee. |
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Sun Apr-18-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #360 |
435. Oh christ. |
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Sun Apr-18-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #330 |
434. The universe is a violent place |
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #312 |
377. Bravo. That is a wonderful post. |
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Sun Apr-18-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #312 |
430. +10000 nt |
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AnArmyVeteran
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Sat Apr-17-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
313. If we don't explore space we might as well go back to caves... |
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Sat Apr-17-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
314. If we don't explore space we might as well go back to caves... |
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Sat Apr-17-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
315. Misplaced Emphasis on Technology |
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Sat Apr-17-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #315 |
328. "One of the by-products of capitalism is the misplaced belief in technology |
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #328 |
361. Yuri Gagarin? |
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Sat Apr-17-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #361 |
391. Yes. Which is odd, given that it is supposed to be "capitalism" that produces the "misguided belief |
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Sat Apr-17-10 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
316. The money could be better spent tracking NEOs |
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Sat Apr-17-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #316 |
392. That's ridiculous. The Military gets way more money than NASA, and can do what it wants in space. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
317. I'm just against Corporations in Space. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
319. It's one of those luxuries, like national health security, that we can't afford |
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Sat Apr-17-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
323. I'd rather put the funds toward researching fusion reactors. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
346. concerned abt destruction of atmosphere & global warming |
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Sat Apr-17-10 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
352. I love NASA but I'm not supporting it because I think they just want to put |
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Sat Apr-17-10 06:45 PM Response to Reply #352 |
362. Oh, I would love to hear more about this! Please go on. |
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Sat Apr-17-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #362 |
372. I think Joanne may suspect they are to be used elsewhere |
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Sun Apr-18-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #362 |
425. Moon is "the highest hill" . . . see LBJ speech on that -- 1957, I think!! |
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Sun Apr-18-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #352 |
413. Agree: From the 50's... LBJ was describing it as "the highest hill" . . . military objective!! |
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Sat Apr-17-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
369. Very touchy feely |
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Sat Apr-17-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
381. I am shocked by your post.. |
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Sun Apr-18-10 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
402. Money goes a lot further when you send robots |
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Sun Apr-18-10 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
415. EVER SINCE NASA ASSUALTED THE MOON THEY ARE DAED TO ME!!1!1!!1 |
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Sun Apr-18-10 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
421. It is simple, people who deem themselves keepers of the planet do not want us to expand our frontier |
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Sun Apr-18-10 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
424. Relative to this . . . C-span is playing an interview with Betty Skelton |
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Sun Apr-18-10 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
426. When we stop reaching out and exploring... |
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Mon Apr-19-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
438. Wastes too much energy |
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Tue Apr-20-10 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
439. If God had intended man to fly |
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