Re: Why Mars?

From: fencingsax (christocbd_at_aol.com)
Date: 11/17/04 

Date: 16 Nov 2004 21:06:54 -0800

freedomlight_1@lycos.com (freedomlight) wrote in message news:<ad7e0adf.0411161549.21bde1eb@posting.google.com>...
> "Joe Strout" <joe@strout.net> wrote in message news:joe-583FF0.17320716112004@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
> > In article <ad7e0adf.0411161523.1d3d6fbb@posting.google.com>,
> > freedomlight_1@lycos.com (freedomlight) wrote:
> >
> > > We should just focus on making the world a better place. What is
> > > going to make the world a better place? Going to the Moon and Mars,
> > > or improving world transportation?
> >
> > Going to the Moon (Mars not so much). World transportation is plenty
> > good enough already --
>
>
> Well... it now takes 20 hours to go some places. If passenger planes
> would fly at Mach 10, we could be anywhere in the world in 3 hours.
> Most places an hour or two.
>
>
> in fact it's the cause of a number of problems --
> > and matter how good it gets, it can never change the zero-sum game that
> > leads to resource depletion,
>
>
> Well.... if we build better engines we can help solve this problem.
>
>
> > isolationism,
>
>
> Improved transportation should decrease isolation.....
>
>
> and eventually large-scale
> > war (even without war-mongering idiots like Bush in power).
>
>
> uhm.... improved transportation might make it easier to fight war.
> But it's the people who cause war.
>
>
> Developing
> > the resources of space is the only way to restore civilization to a
> > positive-sum game, leading to increased prosperity for all.
>
>
> How? We could start colonizing the solar system. Perhaps there are
> pay-offs as of yet unknown.
>
>
> > > I don't know why we're going to the Moon and Mars, but Energy and
> > > Transportation are the two most important things which underlie
> > > the economy.
> >
> > And in terms of world problems, energy is #1. The long-term solution to
> > world energy needs lies in space. So now you know why we need to go
> > back to the Moon.
>
>
> How? You think there is oil on the Moon?
>
How bout we improve what we're screwing up now? Frankly I think it is
a wag the dog, and an impractical one at that. Why do we need to set
foot on Mars, anyways?

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Why Mars?
    ... >> leads to resource depletion, ... improved transportation might make it easier to fight war. ... You think there is oil on the Moon? ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Re: Why Mars?
    ... Going to the Moon and Mars, ... > and matter how good it gets, it can never change the zero-sum game that ... > leads to resource depletion, isolationism, and eventually large-scale ... > And in terms of world problems, energy is #1. ...
    (sci.space.policy)
  • Re: Why Mars?
    ... Going to the Moon and Mars, ... > and matter how good it gets, it can never change the zero-sum game that ... > leads to resource depletion, isolationism, and eventually large-scale ... > And in terms of world problems, energy is #1. ...
    (sci.space.shuttle)
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