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#1 2015-08-23 14:16:19

Tom Kalbfus
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What are the chances of a President Trump funding Mars One?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_One
Part of the project is a reality show. Donald Trump did a reality show called the Apprentice, the way it would work is NASA first funds the colony, then runs a television channel, and website, as well as selling merchandise to recoup some of the initial expense. It would be a great source of entertainment.

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#2 2015-08-23 15:16:56

Tom Kalbfus
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Re: What are the chances of a President Trump funding Mars One?

There is this article at Forbes.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/20 … structure/

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#3 2015-10-13 09:02:57

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Re: What are the chances of a President Trump funding Mars One?

I can't stand the man, and I hate Republicans. But Trump promises to leave the Middle East alone. Maybe he'll even stop spying on regular citizens in Europe....

He also says he'll step away from he propaganda war on Russia - and that would eventually filter through to us in Europe,. That would be helpful. The Russian counter sanctions have raised havoc with the food industry and farming in large parts of Europe.

I also like people who say it as it is - which Trump does. Better rude and realistic honesty than fake and dishonest political correctness.

Trump: 
“Sure, send people to Mars. Of course! Wonderful! Why not? But let’s fix the roads and bridges first, yes?”

Frankly - who can argue with this... There is horrible poverty in the US, the schools are disgrace and gun crime is everywhere.
If I was a US citizen, as much as I'd love to see a Mars mission, I think I'd agree with Trump's comment.

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#4 2015-10-13 20:42:55

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Re: What are the chances of a President Trump funding Mars One?

martienne wrote:

I can't stand the man, and I hate Republicans. But Trump promises to leave the Middle East alone. Maybe he'll even stop spying on regular citizens in Europe....

And Obama was so popular in Germany, tsk tsk tsk! That was Obama's bad by the way, spying on Europeans including the German Chancellor Angela Merkle, you think Obama is perhaps cheating on his wife? What a pervert! He also tried to pick up the Prime Minister of Sweden, a pretty blonde woman, if I recall correctly, wonder what Michelle thinks of his philandering husband spying on the female European leaders, naughty boy he is!

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He also says he'll step away from he propaganda war on Russia - and that would eventually filter through to us in Europe,. That would be helpful. The Russian counter sanctions have raised havoc with the food industry and farming in large parts of Europe.

Well maybe Trump is just assuming that relations are bad because Putin is a racist who doesn't like black US Presidents, and so is giving him a hard time because of that, so he figures that since he is white, Putin ought to get along much better with him than with America's first black President! What do you think about that?

martienne wrote:

I also like people who say it as it is - which Trump does. Better rude and realistic honesty than fake and dishonest political correctness.

Trump: 
“Sure, send people to Mars. Of course! Wonderful! Why not? But let’s fix the roads and bridges first, yes?”

Frankly - who can argue with this... There is horrible poverty in the US, the schools are disgrace and gun crime is everywhere.
If I was a US citizen, as much as I'd love to see a Mars mission, I think I'd agree with Trump's comment.

So what kind of "roads and bridges" do you think we need to build to Mars first? Do you think a space elevator counts as a "bridge?"
We definitely need to build a certain infrastructure first before we can get to Mars, don't you agree?

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