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#1 2004-05-17 13:10:00
- Bill White
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Re: Something practical - Maybe we can do
How many have seen http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=14237]this?
Might be fun, no?
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#2 2004-05-17 13:14:01
- clark
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Re: Something practical - Maybe we can do
Mars Society President Robert Zubrin commented; "Congress needs to get the message, the American people want a space program that is actually going somewhere. Skeptics in congress should not say 'no.' Instead they should say 'show me,' and provide the funds necessary for planning to begin."
Much better. 
I'll go if the CIA says I can. :laugh:
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#3 2004-05-17 13:20:56
- Palomar
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Re: Something practical - Maybe we can do
How many have seen http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=14237]this?
Might be fun, no?
*Sounds good to me. Any effort to get us out of the dolldrums we've been in...
I particularly like Zubrin's comment: "Congress needs to get the message, the American people want a space program that is actually going somewhere. Skeptics in congress should not say 'no.' Instead they should say 'show me,' and provide the funds necessary for planning to begin."
I saw an article about an opinion poll at space.com a while back (unscientific, and I can't remember what agency did the polling, unless the web site itself); if the reporting in that article was correct, I was surprised at the number of people who are in favor of returning to the Moon and then to Mars. It was something like a Gallup poll, IIRC.
Well, we'll see. In the meantime, I'm still writing my gov't representatives.
--Cindy
We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...
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#4 2004-05-17 14:19:28
- Rxke
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Re: Something practical - Maybe we can do
Clark, your mentioning of CIA reminded me of something...
Was it that what that ISA guy was talking about?
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#5 2004-05-17 14:23:59
- clark
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Re: Something practical - Maybe we can do
Shhh! We're not allowed to discuss this. 
<---MIB smiley's have arrived.
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#6 2004-05-27 07:29:27
- Cobra Commander
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Re: Something practical - Maybe we can do
Is anyone else here interested in actually doing this? I'm giving it some serious consideration. My Representative gives the impression of being reasonable about such matters, don't have much hope for my Senators though. :angry: Friggin' Carl Levin...
So, anyone up for a mid-July excursion to that wretched hive of scum and villainy that is our nation's capitol? I know a good steakhouse in Georgetown...
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
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#7 2004-05-27 19:57:42
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Re: Something practical - Maybe we can do
Macte nova virtute, sic itur ad astra
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#8 2004-05-27 20:01:50
- Bill White
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Re: Something practical - Maybe we can do
Is anyone else here interested in actually doing this? I'm giving it some serious consideration. My Representative gives the impression of being reasonable about such matters, don't have much hope for my Senators though. :angry: Friggin' Carl Levin...
So, anyone up for a mid-July excursion to that wretched hive of scum and villainy that is our nation's capitol? I know a good steakhouse in Georgetown...
I am giving it serious consideration as well.
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