Re: Opening the High Frontier of Space


"Mark R. Whittington" <mwhittingt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Many years ago, the Astronomer Royal of Great Britain Richard vander
Riet Woolley famously declared, "Space travel is utter bilge." It was
a statement that haunted him for the rest of his life. The current
Astronomer Royal, Lord Martin Rees, seems to have repeated the folly
of his predecessor, albeit with a modern twist and caveat.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/601053/opening_the_high_frontier_of_space.html

I've often tried to imagine the cost of opening (colonizing) the space
frontier versus the coast of never managing to get the job done. I find that
in this comparison there is no cost attached to opening. None! All the real
cost is attached to counting the wrong costs and never managing to get the
job done. All of it, and relentlessly becoming more catastrophic all the
time!

GLB


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