"Paul Maxson" wrote in message
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"MasterShrink" wrote in message
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Six months after shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry, support
to increase NASA's budget is as high as it has been since the
Challenger
disaster in 1986, the poll found. People also said that some deadly
accidents were "an acceptable price to pay" for space travel.

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In my home I have explained the harsh reality of never having manned space
flight again.
It was a pretty convincing argument. I picture it as our population being
stranded here
on Earth with it's depleting resources with no way of getting to an
alternate site.

What resources exactly are we depleting?


That is just one small aspect of it. Is Earth strong enough to support
life forever
with no end? At some point would we have to relocate and start over?


Probably in a few billion years when the Sun goes to Red Giant phase.
PM