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  Re: And now for something completely different...
 
(...) I don't care if it does -- I want my piece of the pork to go to space! What can a space colony do that would make such an expenditure worthwhile? In order of importance: 1) It would be the coolest thing humanity has ever done! 2) It would get (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: And now for something completely different...
 
6) It would help to trivialize the petty squabbles (Bushes v. (...) Is it possible we could build a space colony of two? ;) Scott A (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
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(...) I agree we should go into space. I also think we should vet all world leaders pychologically before we let them take up power. I think space colonization wouldn't have to be that expensive. We coud use robots to build our bases on Mars and (...) (22 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: And now for something completely different...
 
(...) And change the entire gravitational map of the solar system? No thanks. I don't think we could calculate the possible repercuissions of such a move... Jason (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: And now for something completely different...
 
(...) Better yet, we could move the Sun closer to Mars. Honestly, I should work for NASA. Dave! (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: And now for something completely different...
 
(...) Actually, I was just thinking the other day. If we used he material from asteroids to build a huge lense we could maybe terraform Mars just by heating it up and melting the ice at the poles, releasing carbon dioxide etc. This would be the (...) (22 years ago, 11-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: And now for something completely different...
 
(...) Others are thinking this way as well: (URL) (22 years ago, 20-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: And now for something completely different...
 
(...) there seems to be a great deal of material here, and what I did read seemed well thought out. (URL) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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