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excellent viewpoint...and one that happen to agree with as well

NERVA is good and all, but the whole concept of orion is a bit disturbing to me. Yes, i know that the bombs will be used in space, where there a significant amount of radiation anyways, but there exists the possibility of something going very wrong with orion. You will be carrying nuclear bombs on board.

pootechie, the world is more complicated than you give it credit for being. There is never any country that is purely evil

you say:

but have you considered the flip side? Have you considered that perhaps the UNited States, which is arguably still the most free country in the world, is not truly evil? Perhaps our nation is corrupt...name me one nation that has no trace of corruption. "Unilateral, Chauvinistic war-mongering"? I think not...have you not considered what was going on over there as it was, and why other nations did not push for war. Have you considered that nations like france, germany, and russia were doing business with Iraq and did not want their commerce disrupted, even it it meant that a dictator would be overthrown?

What troubles me about the teens of today is that though they may complain about something, they will not take action. You have an issue with the government, do you not? Then join a youth political organization like JSA (Junior State Of America) and discuss your views, and perhaps even get heard by those in power.

Perhaps the one you should be disgusted at is yourself for simply complaining and not trying to improve things or let your voice be heard...

Perhaps the only way to do that is to expose the youth of one side to the youth of the other, and show them that their ancient prejudices may not be right after all, for it is the youth of the world which will one day become the leaders. The youth have been indoctrinated with a doctrine of hate, but that can be removed with patience, time, and understanding.

you'd probably also need something like space science, aerospace engineering and such

bioengineering as well for terraformation

Educational outreach is important:

International Space Settlement Design Competiton: http://space.bsdi.com

AMES Space Settlement Design Contest: http://lifesci3.arc.nasa.gov/SpaceSettlement/Contest/

US FIRST Robotics: http://www.usfirst.org

Battlebots: www.battlebots.com

Red Rover goes to Mars: http://redrovergoestomars.org/

Imagine Mars: http://imaginemars.jpl.nasa.gov/index2.html

Mars Student Imaging Project: http://msip.asu.edu/

Mars Activities: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/classroom/students.html

all i have to say is, like it or not, eventually there will be weapons on mars anyways.

Sorta like that...

Loosely described, you coil wire around a planet and surround it with a cloud of generators to induce elecrical currents, which would project a magnetic field. Altering the angle and such of the cloud of generators would cause thje cloud field to interact with the planet field, and slowly but surely, would be able to speed up or slow down a planet

For a better description, see Terraforming: Engineering Planetary Environments by Martin Fogg.

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I believe the best way to influence politics is to actually speak out, and place public pressure on politicians...and that this must be done by all, including the youth of America and the world. As such, youth political awareness and activism organizations like JSA (Junior State of America) can be vitally important in getting politicians to acquiesce to the demands of the public. In this regard, I am an active member of JSA, working to, better represent the voice of the people to the Government.

JSA, the Junior State of America&, is an organization founded to promote increased political awareness among the youth of America, yet, an organization that like so many others has lost sight of its original goals that has lost its voice in the modern world.

My mission is "Rousing our Voices, Sharing our Dreams", restoring to the youth of America their voice in the affairs of this nation and in the world. It is a platform divided into two main parts, activism and expansion. The Junior State of America must refocus themselves onto political activism and awareness, so that more in this nation might be educated about what it means to be a citizen of the United States, and learn the doctrine of responsible exercise of our rights to preserve them. JSA must expand, for as of now, there are many among the youth of the nation, and even of our state, who have not had the chance to participate in the making of national policy, have not had the chance to let their voices be heard.

If we want to have an impact on the space policy of the nation, then we as a people, as a youth and a nation, must rally together and let our voice be heard!

FIRST Robotics is a competiton in which young people learn about the automation required for a major engineering project by designing, building, and programming their own robot for a competition...in the course of 6 weeks. Over 800 teams worldwide are currently participating in this competition.

"SpaceSet" is a reference to the International Space Settlement Design Competition, where young people learn about space and engineering proposals by creating their very own proposal for a space settlement (population 10000+ people, year is around 2036) over a 3 month period. This competition has about 50 teams competing in it worldwide.

Ames SpaceSet is similar to the ISSDC in that is is also international, but it also accepts online entries, and does not have a separate prelims and finals. Many teams also participate in thism, and there is a $500 award for the winning team.

BattleBots is...well...its the famed combat robot competition where one tries to destroy the robots of others for a cash prize.

The International League of Students is an International organization of Students (jr high school to college) which works to promote international peace and education through collaborative projects bringing students together. We work on most of these projects.

There is a little known technology called the Inertial Drive, which converts the angular momentum of splitting matter into forward thrust. It requires no fuel, merely electrical energy, is capable of huge thrust output, and can lift itself off of earth. The technology was demonstrated to companies such as Boeing in the year 1999, and they are considering whether or not to acquire the technology from the inventor.