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Greetings, MadCap!  Looking forward to your posts.

But did you see one of the links on the left side of the page? 
This is not the exact headline but Patrick Stewart doesn't care too much about space exploration!  Talk about irony.

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I voted for number 3.   If our past had developed like the one in Clarke's 3001 novel, we probably would reach option 4 with no problems.

Cindy,

To get both sides of the issue, I suggest that you look at the [http://www.nuclearspace.com/]NuclearSpace and [http://www.space4peace.org/]Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space

Of course I'm biased to Nuclear Space!   

The rovers currently will be operational for about 90 days.  Just imagined if they were nuke powered.   Oh the things that NASA could do!

The author brought up some very good points.  The most feasible way to get to Mars right now would be an international effort.

Could we have a translation?

This maybe off topic, but is Pioneer 10 also at the Heliopause just going in the opposite direction?  I believe it was launched in the same year as Voyager 1.

I caught probably the last half of the entire thing.  I was doing some reading for school when Sean O'Keefe and ADM Gehman were speaking.  It was funny when (I forget the senator's name) asked Mr. O'Keefe about trying to send up a shuttle to rescue the Columbia crew.  The senator kept pressing him for an answer and Mr. O'Keefe would start to answer and the senator just cut him off in mid sentence.  Mr. O'Keefe just rolled his eyes and they ended their part of the testimony. 

All the speakers after that were great.  I don't get to see much of Dr. Zubrin but he's fun to watch.  His enthusiasm is very contaigous.  It was very interesting to watch the exchange between Sen McCain and the senator after him.  The second senator had very good questions and he seemed surprised himself that the Mars Direct mission has not occurred.  Again, it was great Dr. Zubrin, Dr. Huntress, Dr.(?) Woods, and Mr. Tumlinson.  I hope something contructive comes from this!!

I had forgotten about kudzu.  I grew up in the southeast and remember that stuff covering old houses.  I wonder, if it is able to be grown on Mars, would it grow just as fast.  I did not know that you could eat it.  Very good idea!

Forgot to add, very good idea for the site.   I hope that there are lots of people signing this.  What do you do once someone signs the petition?  Where does it go?