In article ,
Rand Simberg wrote:
On 29 Dec 2004 13:13:46 -0500, in a place far, far away,
(James Nicoll) made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

So all that's been keeping us out of space was booze, porn and
gambling?

Who knew?

Obviously step two would be putting brothels, speak-easies and
Porn-O-Huts on the Moon. Daily flights will follow soon after.

Don't forget the casinos.

You can bet I won't!

You know, somewhere around here I have an old mystery [1] whose
plot depended on the interplay between the Three Mile Limit and British
gambling laws. This is more or less the same idea with rockets.

James Nicoll

1: Very old: it's a green and white Penguin.
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