[Coco] off-topic, space program
jdaggett at gate.net
jdaggett at gate.net
Wed Jan 14 19:13:17 EST 2004
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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> 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
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>
> --- 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. :)
> > >
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> > > Roger Taylor
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