Human Exploration of Mars

January 5, 2004

Eric Chomko wrote:

several yawns later....

You too must have a lot of time on your hands.

It appears to be the same old, same old.

Anyone (more specifically, you) who has enough time to respond to obvious nonsense, is, by definition, an idiot.

Try posting something of significance once in a while. You may find that people will actually take the time to read your posts, and not relegate you to the
filter file, as I am doing to you, as soon as I hit send.

Thomas Lee Elifritz
http://elifritz.members.atlantic.net/mars.htm

Thomas Lee Elifritz ) wrote:
: January 5, 2004

: Eric Chomko wrote:

: several yawns later....

: You too must have a lot of time on your hands.

Not as much as Brad does.

: It appears to be the same old, same old.

: Anyone (more specifically, you) who has enough time to respond to obvious nonsense, is, by definition, an idiot.

And where does that leave you given your respone? An idiot once removed?

: Try posting something of significance once in a while. You may find that people will actually take the time to read your posts, and not relegate you to the
: filter file, as I am doing to you, as soon as I hit send.

You mean you're giving up that easily? Make a couple of ad hominem attacks
and then turn and run tail between your legs?

: Thomas Lee Elifritz
: http://elifritz.members.atlantic.net/mars.htm

I saw your site. Kind of verbose and redundant. A hack if you will.
Anyawy, if Mars is or was covered in water, then why didn't we find it
back in 1976 with the two Viking landers? I will really be surprised if
Spirit and/or Oppurtunity find anything significantly different than what
was found 27 years ago. I like the ideal of a rover and drilling deeper
into rocks rather than taking just Martian soil samples, but my hopes are
not up for anything overly significant. I'm sure we will get some good
science as we always do. But, again, what did Sojourner find out of the
ordinary?

Eric

"Eric Chomko" wrote in message
...

I'd hate to see the impact on manned commercial spaceflight after it
has
its first disaster.

On Sea launch? Those who choose Chile for a maglev ramp? Only
investors or CIA/Mossad hit men can have an impact outside America.

"Rand Simberg" wrote in message
...

Yes. Capitalism doesn't involve bribing government officials.

When you have the corporations (King George and Duke Richard's crown
colonies) even Adam Smith hated, I beg to differ. Corporations were
mentioned 12 times in the Wealth of Nations. Not once did he
attribute any favorable quality to them. www.afsc.net/may_day.htm.

Then too, it seems Adam Smith would say we really have
exploit-the-poor socialism, not capitalism. I concur.