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Space Exploration Act of 2002
orn writes "Rep. Lampson introduced a bill (pdf) (H.R. 4742) to the House on May 16th for a human space exploration initiative. I haven't heard a peep about it from the popular press, just a few articles on various space sites: SpaceRef's, the Planetary Society's, the Mars Society's. If you're interested in the sort of thing (and you live in the U.S.), contact your representative and let them know! While you're at it, figure out how to get the popular press aware of this..." On a related note is a story dicussing the controversy over whether the Moon should be developed, which seems a little premature to me.
the simpsons clearly said in a movie shown to lisa's class "By 1959 man will have established 12 colonies on the moon, perfect for galactic vacations"
The One Rule Of Chess You'll Ever Need: Don't play someone who carries a kit in their bookbag.
We can get a cleanup crew to erase "CHA" off of it.
What will make it happen is if there is money to be made by doing it. Otherwise no amount of lobbying and whining will make it happen.
The old saying, show me the money... that's what'll work.
And as for developing the moon? The first question that comes to mind is will the telco's have a flat rate for evening and weekend calls? Cuz I sure as hell ain't payin' $9.95 a minute to talk to my relatives on the moon, and I don't wanna sign up MCI MOON friends and family either...
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Programming is like sex... Make one mistake and support it the rest of your life.
That's just what we need, a bunch of money-hungry real-estate magnates cutting down all the trees on the moon and polluting all the pristine streams and rivers with their construction runoff.
Not to mention all the wildlife that is displaced by this kind of thing. And why? I mean, sure, housing may be more affordable further out, but the commute is always worse...
Phil
While you're at it, figure out how to get the popular press aware of this
Easy: explain to journalists that, if space travel really takes off, they stand to bag some of the best press junkets ever.
...when my immediate reaction to hearing about a new, potentially very cool bill is to wonder how long it will be before the likes of Adam Schiff tacks on a digital rights management/copy protection rider.
"Astronauts will turn to music and movies for diversion during long space flights... we must act now to prevent rampant IP theft on the space stations and deep space ships of the future!"
Silly, I know... I don't normally wear a tinfoil hat, but nothing suprises me lately.
We can strip mine the other planets later
While you're at it, figure out how to get the popular press aware of this...
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Comparing it to Windows will be a moot point, since El Dorado is going to have a 40% larger code base than XP.
Minor quibble, but "if you live in the U.S. contact your representative" ought to be "if you can vote in the U.S. contact your representative". We expatriate Americans can still vote, if only in federal elections.
isn't even going to be enough to pay for all the digital watermarking cop-chips they're going to need on the A->D converters needed to get there...
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