Re: Nation-Building Mars vs Afghanistan and Iraq

From: Eric Chomko (echomko_at__at_polaris.umuc.edu)
Date: 12/15/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:53:00 +0000 (UTC)

Tkalbfus1 (tkalbfus1@aol.com) wrote:
: >What makes you think you won't have to rebuild in case of a huge dust
: >storm or other natural disaster?
: >

: Mad humans are more destructive than mere dust storms. Humans are clever enough
: to place themselves in certain places before blowing themselves up to maximize
: damage, but apparently not clever enough not to blow themselves up in the first
: place. The Id that's in charge is dumber than the mind that carries it out.

You and Freudian psychology? Now I'm really scared...

: >I'm not sure where you are going with this, but I could say that about all
: >your posts.
: >

: Lets just say that colonizing Mars is cheap compared to fixing Iraq and the
: rest of the middle east. Some people say going to Mars is a waste of money, but
: look at the waste of money in trying to fix Iraq. Should we pull out of Iraq
: immediately? No, but I blame them for diverting resources from more noble
: efforts such as colonizing Mars. I'm tired of wasting money and lives to
: prevent people from blowing up their own refineries. One good motivation to go
: into space is to get away from these idiots.

I couldn't agree with you more. But until the economic return on
rebuilding a backward country is less than the philosophical return of
going to another planet, we are likely to be stuck with the status quo.

And THAT is the root of why I am skeptical about Bush's space inititive.

Eric

: Tom

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