[Coco] off-topic, space program

[jimcox at miba51.com]

This tid bit from Slashdot, may be of interest to some of 
you:

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/13/1816227&mode=thread&tid=126&tid=134&tid=160

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:13:17 -0500
  jdaggett at gate.net wrote:
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>If the economy is still bad and Bush is reelected he is 
>goning to 
>need a public works program like the New Deal FDR had but 
>for 
>High Tech. A reenergized Space Program fits the bill.
>
>james
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>On 14 Jan 2004 at 15:43, arikboke at yahoo.com wrote:
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>> That's assuming anything actually gets done.  We are, 
>>after all,
>> talking about Bush.  If he gets re-elected, he can drop 
>>the whole
>> shebang in a heart-beat. People battered by the bad 
>>economy will not
>> complain too loudly about a program that could cost an 
>>arm and a leg.
>> 
>> --David
>> 
>> 
>> --- jdaggett at gate.net wrote:
>> > Roger
>> > 
>> > I am not holding my breath to the next moon mission. 
>>2020 and I will
>> > 70 yrs old. I may not make to 2030,
>> > 
>> > james
>> > 
>> > 
>> > On 14 Jan 2004 at 16:16, Roger Taylor wrote:
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>> > > This new spacecraft project sounds a whole lot like 
>>an indirect
>> > > statement that they are replacing the 
>>unstable/faulty shuttles
>> > > that keep blowing up and killing humans.
>> > > 
>> > > Ok, I'm 35... and it looks like NASA will make sure 
>>we have a man
>> > > on Mars no earlier than 2030, when I will be 61. 
>> I'm not
>> > > impressed.  I'm also not impressed over the 2020 
>>date for the next
>> > > moon mission.  I guess this is my old Star Trek 
>>inner-child
>> > > wanting to see something happen while I'm still 
>>alive, but it
>> > > looks like my future great grandkids might get to 
>>see a few rocks
>> > > come back from the moon or Mars.  If I get to see a 
>>man step foot
>> > > on Mars, I will have lived; then they can do 
>>whatever they want
>> > > after that. :)
>> > > 
>> > > ----------
>> > > Roger Taylor
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