Reply #9: not inevitable but it is necessary [View All]

[booley]

All the talk about resources needign to stay on earth..well, peopel keep forgetting all the resources are in space. and without the environmental devestation our consumer lifestyle demands.

Asteroid Mining, solar power stations beaming energy to earth, terraforming...

Of course, there is a catch...
For one, Shrub is SOOOOO no the one to lead such a cause. Even if he was seriouse, the neocon vision fo our future would see space as just another battlefield to be fought over until it was a wasteland devoid of value.

No to mention, 2 out of three Mars missions have failed. and thats all for one way trips with robots I don't see even the most ardent astronaught going on a suicide mission just to satisfy curiosity.

we need to go into space but we need to do it smartly.