[Coco] off-topic, space program

[jadonaldson at charter.net]

  Also remember that the number of people is increasing
at a alarming rate. The only place left to put people
will be in space, moon, and mars.

John Donaldson
  
> 
> From: "John Collyer" <johncollyer at zoominternet.net>
> Date: 2004/01/15 Thu PM 07:14:32 GMT
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] off-topic, space program
> 
> Americans have explorer blood grained into our
> physic.  That's why we need to colonize Mar's.
> and the Moon.  It'll give us something to do.
> 
> John Collyer
> 
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> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 12:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] off-topic, space program
> 
> 
> > This was sent to me by some one on a Sci-Fi list, I 
> > thought some of you people might find this amusing...
> > 
> > 
> > This was posted to the Starfleet List. Thought others 
> > might get a chuckle.
> > 
> >         MARTIAN AIR FORCE DENIES STORIES OF UFO CRASH
> > 
> >      Gusev Crater (MPI) - A spokesthing for Mars Air Force
> >      denounced as false rumors that an alien space craft
> >      crashed in the desert, outside of Ares Vallis on
> >      Saturday. Appearing at a press conference today,
> >      General Rgrmrmy The Lesser stated that "the object
> >      was, in fact, a harmless high-altitude weather
> >      balloon, not an alien spacecraft".
> > 
> >      The story broke late Saturday night when a major
> >      stationed at nearby Ares Vallis Air Force Base
> >      contacted the Gusev Crater Daily Record with a story
> >      about a strange, balloon-shaped object which 
> > allegedly
> >      came down in the nearby desert, "bouncing" several
> >      times before coming to a stop, and "deflating in a
> >      sudden explosion of alien gases."
> > 
> >      Minutes later, General Rgrmrmy The Lesser contacted
> >      the Daily Record telepathically to contradict the
> >      earlier report. General Rgrmrmy The Lesser stated 
> > that
> >      hysterical stories of a detachable vehicle roaming
> >      across the Martian desert were blatant fiction,
> >      provoked by incidences involving swamp gas. But the
> >      general public has been slow to accept the Air 
> > Force's
> >      explanation of recent events, preferring to speculate
> >      on the "other-worldly" nature of the crash debris.
> >      Conspiracy theorists have condemned Rgrmrmy's
> >      statements as evidence of "an obvious government
> >      cover-up," pointing out that Mars has no swamps. They
> >      point to the release of secret government memos
> >      detailing attempts to discredit reports of the
> >      landings by alien space craft. The memos discuss
> >      strategies to avoid troubles similar to those caused
> >      by the War of the Worlds radio program of years ago. 
> >      The program, which featured a sensational story of 
> >      gigantic oxygen breathing two-eyed invaders from 
> > Earth,
> >      sparked planet wide panic.
> > 
> >      Local residents like Driv Rhodo, who lives in the 
> > area
> >      of the alleged landings, are even more sceptical. "I
> >      seen it with my own 5 eyes" claimed Rhodo last week.
> >      "I've lived here over 300 years, most of my adult
> >      life-form. Them things used to be few and far between
> >      but lately they come in every few years or so. The
> >      government wants to bury the truth but I can tell you
> >      what's real. The Earthlings are going to invade and
> >      the government is spending our hard earned tax 
> > dollars
> >      on press releases and denials instead of preparing 
> > for
> >      the battle to come."
> > 
> >      A spokesthing denied any government involvement in 
> > the
> >      disappearance of Rhodo, who has not been seen since
> >      shortly after the interview, claiming "Any sentient
> >      being knows that a planet with the concentrations of
> >      water and oxygen found on Earth is a deadly and 
> > inhospitable
> >      environment for the formation of life, much less
> >      intelligent life. The fear and consternation caused
> >      by the unfounded and wild speculations of citizens
> >      like Rhodo are a traitorous disservice to the 
> > citizens
> >      of Mars."
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >   
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