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Re: Some great Space info and dicussion
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:45:52 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> Waaaaaitasecond. A lot of us who are politically to the left
> are in fact extremely supportive of interplanetary travel--because
> we consider ourselves "progressives," and what could be more pro-
> gressive than pushing the frontiers of humanity outwards? Nothing
> would make us feel more stagnant as a society and a culture than
> confining ourselves willingly to the Earth.
Yes, I would think liberals would support things like SETI and future space
missions, since truly conservatives would argue that there is nothing out
there to waste so much money on (especially when such money could go to
military spending). But I didn't want to point that out at first, since I
myself am not one extreme or the other.
> > i am reminded of the novel _Red Mars_ by some really good author, wherein
> > during the colonization of Mars, the politically and economically oppressed on
> > Earth rise up in quasi-rebellion and riots.
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> That may be true--or else it may give people something to dream
> about, something to create new heroic myths around. I tend to
> think that the entire concept of a frontier is a unifying one,
> and heaven knows we need some unifying forces these days.
Or, if heroic myths is what you want, you could use the frontier setting as
one where it is the Martian colonies that rebel. Seems to me that history
repeats itself, and once any hypothetical colonies develop the ability to be
self sufficient, then they often develop a dislike for being ruled from a
distance by people who they don't know that well. Think of all the
revolutions in the various American nations. Similar things could happen on
Mars, or other planets. Could make for some good stories anyway.
Imagine, the Ganamide Tea Party... :)
-H.
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