From: Jei (jei@cc.hut.fi)
Date: Sat Jan 10 2004 - 18:49:01 MST
Well, let's hope so, but I haven't read anywhere that his promises
would have actually been worth much anything. Ref: the aids programs
in Africa, etc.. he promised billions with a big media show, and the
works. He didn't really give 'em anything, or just gave them some peanuts.
It's more of a pattern with everything he's done, and I think this Mars
and Moon thing is the same. Unless somebody proves they're filled with
pure refined oil and figures how we can ship it to Earth at competitive
prices, we're not really going to see much anything happening.
And I don't think he's going to be banished from the office.
The new digital voting system sees to it, if nothing else will.
All bet's are in his favor, and I for one bet that he's going
to be around and leading U.S. much longer than many of us think.
I'll post a separate e-mail titled "paranoid shift" that pretty
much explains why this is so. ;-)
// Jei
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004, Dr Sebby wrote:
> ...if bush could somehow push some financing towards such a moon venture, i
> would see it as a much deserved albeit out of place gesture of humanity
> before he is banished from office.
>
> DrSebby.
> "Courage...and shuffle the cards".
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Jei <jei@cc.hut.fi>
> Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
> To: virus@lucifer.com
> Subject: Re: virus: terraforming mars
> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 01:30:50 +0200 (EET)
>
> I haven't read it but I vote for regime change in Mars!
> Let's nuke those green goonies back to the stone age!
>
> Seriously: what benefit would it be to us?
>
> I can't see any material benefit, only scientific and
> intellectual. It cannot effectively and economically
> be used for anything before both Earth and Moon are
> mined hollow, and even then it's use would remain questionable.
>
> It makes a great election year show and guarantees
> support from the techies, I guess. Bush will promise
> both Mars and Moon to get re-elected, he knows his
> lines and he will speak the speak that's for sure,
> but you won't see the money coming or him walking the
> walk when it's time.
>
> Well, maybe if he get's to be the dictator he wants..
>
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2004, Michelle Anderson wrote:
>
> > Did you guys see this article in Slate?
> >
> > Is Mars Ours?
> > The logistics and ethics of colonizing the red planet.
> > By David Grinspoon
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > These comments were amplified by panelist Lowell Wood, an architect of
> > Reagan-era "Star Wars" space-based weapons plans. Wood stated
> > confidently that terraforming Mars will happen in the 21st century. "It
> > is the manifest destiny of the human race!" he declared and went on to
> > boast, "In this country we are the builders of new worlds. In this
> > country we took a raw wilderness and turned it into the shining city on
> > the hill of our world." To hell with terraforming: It seemed that we
> > were discussing the Ameriforming of Mars.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > I'd be fascinated at any discussion...
> >
> > Michelle
> >
> >
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