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Re: And now for something completely different...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 20 Mar 2003 06:19:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> 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 me off this rock. 3) It would provide a million untold technologies
> to improve the lives of everyone on earth. 4) It would give us a real
> opportunity to create whole new forms of governance. 5) It would be the first
> step in spreading humanity across the stars so that no single disaster could
> eliminate us. 6) It would help to trivialize the petty squabbles (Bushes v.
> Husseins) that fill our news broadcasts. etc.
>
> Trillions is fine. Bankrupting every nation on Earth to create
> an interstellar
> diaspora would be great!
>
> Chris
Others are thinking this way as well:
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/oped-03w.html
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