Republican Victories & Space Exploration

Greetings,
As we move towards 2005 there has been a certain amount of introspection
regarding the direction of space exploration as we close out the first 5
years of the 21'st century. I hope the US will fulfill its destiny & that
our exploration program can live up to its full potential (which it is not
doing now).

One way to achieve this goal is to remove the great distractions that have
prevented us from having a more successfull plan of space & lunar
exploration . One distraction is alcholism which should call for a new plan
of prohibition. Another project is to curtail or eliminate the tidal wave
(or tsunami) of hard core pornography that has flooded our nation. A new
plan of censorship would include stopping the production & distributuion of
x- rated videos, & porn magazines. Also closing strip clubs, bringing about
more enforcement against prostitution, & outlawing internet porn.. One more
project is to eliminate gambling - which diverts tens of billions of dollars
a year away from Lunar & space exploration.

Because of the Republican victories I now feel empowered to promote this new
plan as well as an ultra conservative right wing economic agenda - which
includes a renewed space program. Hopefully the new NASA administrator & all
Americans will try to grasp these new ideals, otherwise we will just
continue on a path of expensive space failures.

Joel

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:49:46 -0600, in a place far, far away, "Joel"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way
as to indicate that:

Greetings,
As we move towards 2005 there has been a certain amount of introspection
regarding the direction of space exploration as we close out the first 5
years of the 21'st century. I hope the US will fulfill its destiny & that
our exploration program can live up to its full potential (which it is not
doing now).

One way to achieve this goal is to remove the great distractions that have
prevented us from having a more successfull plan of space & lunar
exploration . One distraction is alcholism which should call for a new plan
of prohibition. Another project is to curtail or eliminate the tidal wave
(or tsunami) of hard core pornography that has flooded our nation. A new
plan of censorship would include stopping the production & distributuion of
x- rated videos, & porn magazines. Also closing strip clubs, bringing about
more enforcement against prostitution, & outlawing internet porn.. One more
project is to eliminate gambling - which diverts tens of billions of dollars
a year away from Lunar & space exploration.

Because of the Republican victories I now feel empowered to promote this new
plan as well as an ultra conservative right wing economic agenda - which
includes a renewed space program. Hopefully the new NASA administrator & all
Americans will try to grasp these new ideals, otherwise we will just
continue on a path of expensive space failures.

Well, now, that was...different.

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

Who knew?

In article ,
Rand Simberg wrote:
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:49:46 -0600, in a place far, far away, "Joel"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way
as to indicate that:

Greetings,
As we move towards 2005 there has been a certain amount of introspection
regarding the direction of space exploration as we close out the first 5
years of the 21'st century. I hope the US will fulfill its destiny & that
our exploration program can live up to its full potential (which it is not
doing now).

One way to achieve this goal is to remove the great distractions that have
prevented us from having a more successfull plan of space & lunar
exploration . One distraction is alcholism which should call for a new plan
of prohibition. Another project is to curtail or eliminate the tidal wave
(or tsunami) of hard core pornography that has flooded our nation. A new
plan of censorship would include stopping the production & distributuion of
x- rated videos, & porn magazines. Also closing strip clubs, bringing about
more enforcement against prostitution, & outlawing internet porn.. One more
project is to eliminate gambling - which diverts tens of billions of dollars
a year away from Lunar & space exploration.

Because of the Republican victories I now feel empowered to promote this new
plan as well as an ultra conservative right wing economic agenda - which
includes a renewed space program. Hopefully the new NASA administrator & all
Americans will try to grasp these new ideals, otherwise we will just
continue on a path of expensive space failures.

Well, now, that was...different.

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.



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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.

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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Rand Simberg wrote:
(James Nicoll) glowed:
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 think it's a coincidence that Bigelow's HQ is in Las Vegas?


-george william herbert

"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
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On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:49:46 -0600, in a place far, far away, "Joel"
made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way
as to indicate that:

Greetings,
As we move towards 2005 there has been a certain amount of introspection
regarding the direction of space exploration as we close out the first 5
years of the 21'st century. I hope the US will fulfill its destiny & that
our exploration program can live up to its full potential (which it is not
doing now).

One way to achieve this goal is to remove the great distractions that have
prevented us from having a more successfull plan of space & lunar
exploration . One distraction is alcholism which should call for a new
plan
of prohibition. Another project is to curtail or eliminate the tidal wave
(or tsunami) of hard core pornography that has flooded our nation. A new
plan of censorship would include stopping the production & distributuion
of
x- rated videos, & porn magazines. Also closing strip clubs, bringing
about
more enforcement against prostitution, & outlawing internet porn.. One
more
project is to eliminate gambling - which diverts tens of billions of
dollars
a year away from Lunar & space exploration.

Because of the Republican victories I now feel empowered to promote this
new
plan as well as an ultra conservative right wing economic agenda - which
includes a renewed space program. Hopefully the new NASA administrator &
all
Americans will try to grasp these new ideals, otherwise we will just
continue on a path of expensive space failures.

Well, now, that was...different.

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

Who knew?

Well, when you consider it we spend alot more on all of that then we spend
on space exploration.

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:43:44 -0600, in a place far, far away, "Joel"
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?

Well, when you consider it we spend alot more on all of that then we spend
on space exploration.

We also spend more on cosmetics, pet food, children's toys, etc...

Do you seriously believe that if you outlawed those things (many of
them already are illegal) that a) people will no longer spend money on
them and b) that if they didn't spend their money on them, they'd
somehow magically decide instead to spend their money on space
exploration?

In article ,
Rand Simberg wrote:
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:43:44 -0600, in a place far, far away, "Joel"
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?

Well, when you consider it we spend alot more on all of that then we spend
on space exploration.

We also spend more on cosmetics, pet food, children's toys, etc...

I think the US spends more on car tires than space (Canada
almost certainly does). Ban the Wheel!
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James Nicoll wrote:

In article ,
Rand Simberg wrote:

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:43:44 -0600, in a place far, far away, "Joel"
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?

Well, when you consider it we spend alot more on all of that then we spend
on space exploration.

We also spend more on cosmetics, pet food, children's toys, etc...


I think the US spends more on car tires than space (Canada
almost certainly does). Ban the Wheel!

Build a road to orbit so good use can be made of all those
tires ;-)

Alain Fournier