Don't forget the part where he's going to claim the Moon as a U.S. state.
Because, you know, America OWNs it and all.
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Don't forget the part where he's going to claim the Moon as a U.S. state.
Because, you know, America OWNs it and all.
I seem to remember George W promising to send astronauts to the moon and Mars. That idea didn't get very far. They will promise anything that they think will pull in a few votes.
Queen Isabella promises to build a base in the New World. Really? There's nothing better to spend money on here? ........Education? Infra structure? Alternative Energy? A New World base? ........really?Quote:
Originally Posted by CathyA
President Kennedy promises to put men on the Moon. Really? There's nothing better to spend money on here? ........Education? Infra structure? Alternative Energy? Men on the Moon? ........really?
Yup, Newt Gingrich is just as deranged as Queen Isabella of Spain and President John F. Kennedy were...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uMQX...CA31C37B670550
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNwmS...deo&playnext=2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zota...deo&playnext=3
Humans _will_ expand throughout the Solar System and beyond. That said, there is no assurance that they will speak English.
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Rodger
this is known in country music as "promising the moon" :)Quote:
I seem to remember George W promising to send astronauts to the moon and Mars. That idea didn't get very far. They will promise anything that they think will pull in a few votes.
The difference between then and now is things on earth (and in this country) have deteriorated GREATLY since then. We are not a prosperous nation at it's height (very far from it), all is not fine here on earth, and IMO it is time to stop pretending.Quote:
President Kennedy promises to put men on the Moon. Really? There's nothing better to spend money on here? ........Education? Infra structure? Alternative Energy? Men on the Moon? ........really?
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Originally Posted by ApatheticNoMore
If we can avoid disaster for the next two centuries, our species should be safe as we spread into space. If we are the only intellegent beings in the galaxy we should make sure we survive and continue. . . . Our only chance of long-term survival is not to remain inward looking on planet Earth but to spread out into space. We have made remarkable progress in the last hundred years. But if we want to continue beyond the next hundred years, our future is in space.
— Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist, intervew with Andrew Dermont of website Big Think, 6 August 2010.
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Rodger
Dude, haven't you ever seen Star Trek? English is the universal language, which is good because just imagine if it were Klingon! That is a really hard language for us English speakers to learn.Quote:
Originally Posted by morris_rl
Seriously, I do see your point that there is a fine line between being a visionary and being a nut, but must we really impose ourselves on the rest of the universe?
I saw Star Trek, they had a universal translator. http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Universal_translatorQuote:
Originally Posted by rosebud
Do you think the universe, in its vastness, would notice?Quote:
Seriously, I do see your point that there is a fine line between being a visionary and being a nut, but must we really impose ourselves on the rest of the universe?
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Originally Posted by rosebud
Since you mention Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry certainly thought so:
"Let me end with an explanation of why I believe the move into space to be a human imperative. It seems to me obvious in too many ways to need listing that we cannot much longer depend upon our planet's relatively fragile ecosystem to handle the realities of the human tomorrow. Unless we turn human growth and energy toward the challenges and promises of space, our only other choice may be the awful risk, currently demonstrable, of stumbling into a cycle of fratricide and regression which could end all chances of our evolving further or of even surviving."
— Gene Roddenberry, 'Hailing Frequencies Open!' The Planetary Report Vol. 1, April/May 1981.
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Rodger
Thanks for brightening my day. I can't see anything but humor in that. Maybe Newt is thinking of establishing some cheese mines to relieve world hunger. How about some golf programs for inner city ghetto residents to inspire them to be upwardly mobile.
Let us see:Quote:
Originally Posted by alan
"We hope someday, having solved the problems we face, to join a community of galactic civilizations."
— President Jimmy Carter, part of the English language message on the 'golden record' attached to Voyager 1, the first man-made machine to leave the Solar System, 1977
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Rodger