We choose to go to the Moon?

because????

Well, maybe cos Bushykins needs a diversion from his war mongering and his
transparent agenda for making sure oil supplies are kept cheap.

:-)

Cynic? moi?

Brian

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On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 09:40:27 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

because????

Well, maybe cos Bushykins needs a diversion from his war mongering and his
transparent agenda for making sure oil supplies are kept cheap.

Well, if he thinks a space initiative is going to prove to be a great
distraction for the masses, he should get some new political advisors.

Dale

The mystique of manned missions to the planets will always remain. However,
an automated heavy duty exploration system would be more useful. The
excitement of manned missions and the can do attitude of the
Mercury-Gemini-Apollo era is not there,especially the space culture has
dwindled.

The alternate energy program was squashed by the oil barons. Do you believe
the oil cartel barons look fondly on oil independence?

The space program is not petroleum dependent. Go HYDROGEN ECONOMY. or
natural gas. BUY a hybrid car. Support alternate fuel economic stimulus
programs. Be active in political debate but not on this newsgroup.





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"Lynndel Humphreys" wrote in message
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The mystique of manned missions to the planets will always remain.
However,
an automated heavy duty exploration system would be more useful. The
excitement of manned missions and the can do attitude of the
Mercury-Gemini-Apollo era is not there,especially the space culture has
dwindled.

The alternate energy program was squashed by the oil barons. Do you
believe
the oil cartel barons look fondly on oil independence?

Sure.


Since they know we will eventually run out of oil and who is in a better
position to supply the NEXT source of energy.

A good company corners the market on their current product and works to
corner it on the next ones also.



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"Lynndel Humphreys" wrote in message
The alternate energy program was squashed by the oil barons. Do you
believe the oil cartel barons look fondly on oil independence?

Sure.

Since they know we will eventually run out of oil and who is in a better
position to supply the NEXT source of energy.

Exactly. The fact some of the big oil companies are at the forefront of developing
'alternative' energy is one of the best hints that
(pick from the following)

1. Oil is running out.
2. Human driven climate change is worrying them.
3. Present or future /legislation/ about human driven climate change is worrying them.
4. They think they can get 'nice points' by pretending (2.).

Not political debate for me, being British, merely an observation.
Unfortunately, as research has no profit margin, it will always be
Government funded, thus you cannot separate politics from space exploration.

Brian

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"Lynndel Humphreys" wrote in message
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| The mystique of manned missions to the planets will always remain.
However,
| an automated heavy duty exploration system would be more useful. The
| excitement of manned missions and the can do attitude of the
| Mercury-Gemini-Apollo era is not there,especially the space culture has
| dwindled.
|
| The alternate energy program was squashed by the oil barons. Do you
believe
| the oil cartel barons look fondly on oil independence?
|
| The space program is not petroleum dependent. Go HYDROGEN ECONOMY. or
| natural gas. BUY a hybrid car. Support alternate fuel economic stimulus
| programs. Be active in political debate but not on this newsgroup.
|
|
|
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"Brian Gaff" wrote:

Not political debate for me, being British, merely an observation.

An ignorant and bigoted one too. (As well as cowardly to make such an
observation, not as an aside, but as a topic statement, then refuse to
adress discussion on it.)

D.
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"Brian Gaff" wrote in message ...
Not political debate for me, being British, merely an observation.
Unfortunately, as research has no profit margin, it will always be
Government funded, thus you cannot separate politics from space exploration.


Private individuals and corporations also fund research. Some companies
have research and development (R&D) divisions... also when researchers
at universities (for instance) develop something with practical applications
that something is licensed to businesses for profit. This happens all
the time although I'm mostly familiar with the software end of stuff.

-McDaniel

"Brian Gaff" wrote:

Well, maybe cos Bushykins needs a diversion from his war mongering and his
transparent agenda for making sure oil supplies are kept cheap.

I doubt it has anything to do with oil. It is much more likely related to
the most populous nation in the world declaring they are headed there too.

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Just how much is this return to the moon gonna cost?!

This president is rather cavalier with the monies he spends.