Re: Bigelow's BA300 as a Martian spaceship?

On May 20, 1:25 am, Williamknowsbest <William.M...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You are making a false choice when you assume that money earned by
creating something is stolen from those who are incapable of creating
anything. It makes no sense. How do you steal something from someone
who has nothing? You can't.

Fact is, wealth is created by one's efforts and creativity. Had you
ever created anything worthwhile,you'd know this and realize your
rants are idiotic and pointless.

You are making another false choice when assume that we must choose
between feeding people and going to Mars. Obviously we can do both.
Furthermore, doing one improves our ability to do the other. Finally,
done the one thing improves the likelihood of the other. That is,
when we get to Mars people will say, if we can go to Mars why can't we
[x] - and fill in any number of things for 'x'

Finally, your false choices have beneath them a deep seated ignorance
as to causes and costs. People in need are in need because they live
in a place where such need is allowed to develop and persist. Such
conditions have nothing whatever to do with the ability of wealthier
regions to sustain exciting activity. That is, the $15 million spent
at Pebble Beach last year on antique cars, did not cause anyone to
starve. Those who are starving are starving because their
governments care little about them and are generally as ignorant as
you about the economics of growth. That is, I didn't see any one
from the Junta running Myamar bidding on antique cars in Pebble Beach
this year. Though many of those at Pebble Beach sent millions of
dolars to Myammar - which was then stolen from the people by the same
Junta that's been the problem all along. Taking an additional $15
million spent on antique cars this year and sending to Myammar - won't
do one damn thing to improve the situation of the people operating
under that besotted government. Ditto for the money spent on going
to Mars.

That is, one thing has little to do with the other,and the amounts of
money are disparate. That is, it will likely cost around $20 billion
to go to Mars if done efficiently. To feed the 3.3 billion underfed
adequate will likely cost $20 trillion - ones a far larger problem,
and denying ourself Mars is no guarantee that people will be fed.

Then go right ahead and send your taxable billions with all of your
fellow rich and powerful friends, in order to knock our village idiot
socks off (so to speak), and don't bother ever delivering on the Mook
promise of cheap H2 from all of your vast farms of clean PV created
energy.
.. - Brad Guth
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