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Life universe, but how could anything be about everything?
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May 19 00:25 UTC 1997 |
Has *everything* really been done? Is there any reason for human existance?
(more to the point) If exploration of space really did occur, wouldn't it be
done mostly with scanners etc, and not with face to face interaction, and
wouldn't there be some worry about unknown contaminents, thus the use of
probes and the like be more likely used? (after all, probes can be built and
distributed more easily than redshirts who just might implode because of some
unanticipated atmospheric anomaly that was not anticipated. Also, I would
wager that probes are less expensive for travel in space, etc.
ahem.
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May 19 00:29 UTC 1997 |
Naaaaah.
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raven
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response 2 of 31:
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May 19 07:39 UTC 1997 |
No. Yes to water the flowers, and give Racoons shelter from the rain.
Yes probes are better but harder to sell to the voters in Bellville.
Any other questions of a cosmological nature I can answer?
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May 19 08:49 UTC 1997 |
i don't believe everything's been done. besides, redshirts are
cheaper than probes.
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otaking
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response 4 of 31:
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May 21 12:00 UTC 1997 |
Redshirts are cheaper, but the air, food, fuel, and space needed are
expensive. They're more fun though.
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May 23 04:40 UTC 1997 |
and probes are less friendly.
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May 31 21:27 UTC 1997 |
Since when has the US government cared about being friendly? One can only
hope that when we really get around to worrying about this that we will...
but considering how the government treats it's own citizens I have
little faith that people would truely care about being friendly unless faced
with a higher power than it's own...
Besides. The government can spend billions and billions of dollars on
machinery but is extremely hard pressed to place people in the equasion.
(note: the billions that is spent on machenery is usually machinery that is
designed for no other purpose than to KILL PEOPLE. This tells *me*
something.) <depression : OFF>
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response 7 of 31:
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Jun 1 08:34 UTC 1997 |
Unfortunately, we need some major good event to happen in space exploration
to get people interested again. We've learned a lot about space in the
past 40 years, but since the Challenger exploded and the Voyagers passed
Saturn, noone has been really interested in space exploration, much less
travel. Science Fiction leaves the idea open, but the governments are content
to rely on aging Space Shuttles and the dying Mir space station. Even the
Hubble Telescope is falling apart. Without new ships or probes, the space
program could end in the US and thus, the rest of the world.
If I could believe that benign space probes could excite the masses as much
as footage of the Gulf War or missile tests, I would've gone into aerospace
engineering. Alas, NASA isn't hiring and the defense contractors build more
powerful weapons in the expectation of a major war. It's only when individuals
can inflict massive casualties and damage on a regular basis that the
government might redirect their thinking. Big wars are over. Lone gunmen
are now the greater threat. Shouldn't we try to get the hell off the planet
and get away from them? That's probably the only rationale the government
would use to further space travel.
<rant=off>
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response 8 of 31:
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Jun 2 08:52 UTC 1997 |
yeah, but then you start getting into the subject of whether it's
right for us to wander off into space, treating other planets as badly
as this one.
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Jun 3 10:34 UTC 1997 |
Re #8: A more callous response would be that at least we wouldn't just kill
ourselves here. I'd rather take the more optimistic view that space
exploration will lead to space colonization. This would take some of the
pressure off of the earth's resources and allow those pioneering spirits
to try their luck on a new frontier. New cultures and new ideas might
develop as a result.
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response 10 of 31:
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Jul 2 05:22 UTC 1997 |
would anyone care?
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srw
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Jul 12 19:23 UTC 1997 |
> Unfortunately, we need some major good event to happen in space exploration
> to get people interested again. We've learned a lot about space in the
Someone was listening. Hooray.
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response 12 of 31:
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Jul 14 04:24 UTC 1997 |
Well, this stuff about mars hopefully will get someone's attention.
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srw
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response 13 of 31:
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Jul 15 05:20 UTC 1997 |
Conspiracy theorists seem to be the first to notice.
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response 14 of 31:
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Jul 17 05:32 UTC 1997 |
Yup, them hamsters from mars are out to get us all!
<grin>
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srw
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Aug 2 05:03 UTC 1997 |
That is important. Do not trust hamsters from Mars. They are in fact out to
get us. In fact, be very wary of any rodents from other planets.
Watch for a gigantic brazen cover-up on these scary invaders, coming soon
from a government office somewhere in New Mexico.
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response 16 of 31:
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Aug 4 01:44 UTC 1997 |
yes, and I grew up there! <font cackles evil-ly>
<th ththth th>
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response 17 of 31:
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Oct 23 06:37 UTC 1997 |
I believe!!!!! Void shall return!
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response 18 of 31:
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Nov 1 06:42 UTC 1997 |
<sneaks in, hoping to remain unnoticed :>
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response 19 of 31:
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Nov 2 07:00 UTC 1997 |
Ah. But My belief is strong. So there.
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srw
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response 20 of 31:
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Dec 24 19:30 UTC 1997 |
You believed in a void, and got one. Meanwhile...emptiness.
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response 21 of 31:
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Dec 28 09:52 UTC 1997 |
well. I believe as long as I get reinforcements. :-)
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srw
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response 22 of 31:
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Dec 28 22:33 UTC 1997 |
We could use some reinforcements. Where is everybody?
I suppose *I* shouldn't ask.
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response 23 of 31:
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Dec 30 18:45 UTC 1997 |
Good question, srw. However, I suppose they have that thing called _a life_.
How disturbing.
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Dec 31 02:56 UTC 1997 |
Life I don't have a stinkin' life, whatcha tawking about.
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