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Hey China, Japan called, they want their shoddy manufacturing reputation back.
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Daniel Butler
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I don't see any pressing need to go to Mars. It's pretty much just scientific curiosity which may or may not be worth the kind of money we'd spend; I've given up thinking about it.
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We'll use the 'ol Nigerian Scam but sub in "NASA" instead of some supposed deposed royalty. That'll piss off the Chinese with their tainted milk and underage gymnasts.
Mars is a tough sell in a bad econemy- and ours is going to be baaaad for a while to come by all estimates.
Whatever happened to that proposed new telescope on our moon's far side? That would have instant gratification in pictures at least....and would push a moonbase a step closer to reality (or at least a return trip to the moon).
I'm really disapointed at the narrow-minded folks at another forum I frequent- several voices were very negative about China's spacewalk: some even hoping for failure (which means death for the astronauts). Amazing how close minded and xenophobic supposed sci-fi fans can be.
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quote:I'm really disapointed at the narrow-minded folks at another forum I frequent- several voices were very negative about China's spacewalk: some even hoping for failure (which means death for the astronauts). Amazing how close minded and xenophobic supposed sci-fi fans can be.
Now that's just stupid. Even if you're dumb enough to worry about another country getting the "upper hand" it's all meaningless. There hasn't been a major advancement yet that has spread to other nations, provided the will to use it or the opportunity to profit from it is there. By trade, theft or imitation, if one of us gets to Mars, the Jovian system, Venus, the asteroid belt then sooner or later we'll all get there. The competition can only speed things up.
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Exactly- besides, I've seen film footage from countries all over the world when the moon landing took place: everyone was cheering and excited- it was an uplifting monment for the human race, not just one country.
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