If You Could Cause Someone to Land on the Moon Tomorrow by Sending NASA $5 Today, Would You Do it?

William Mook wrote:

I wasn't invited to present anything. I spoke with them about
it.

Did they reject your paper? If so, did they say why?

I'm sure you'll agree that the following notables:

* John Mankins (Artemis Innovation}, Chair
* Dallas G. Bienhoff (Boeing}
* Wayne Finger (RS and H}
* Joe Howell (NASA, MSFC, retired}
* Feng Hsu (Space Energy Group}
* Alex Ignatiev (University of Houston}
* Femi Ishola (University of Lagos, Nigeria}
* Paul Jaffe (NRL}
* Nobuyuki Kaya (Kobe University}
* Keith Lofstrom (Oregon IEEE Consultants Network}
* Bob MacDonald (SPACE Canada}
* Seth Potter (Boeing}
* James R. Powell (maglev 2000}
* Stan Rosen (Boeing}
* Susumu Sasaki (ISAS/JAXA}
* Mike Snead
* Frank Steinsiek (EADS Astrium}
* John Strickland
* Gordon Woodcock (Boeing, retired}
* Robert Wegeng (PNNL}

could offer far more constructive comments than you're likely to
get trading insults with Brad Guth.

I'd hate to think that Usenet is your only option.

Jim Davis

william mook

Criminalizing drugs cannot work in a free
society. - wm
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i couldn't agree more with most of what you say.

john.whine wrote:

narcotics and other drugs are bad but they're already here.
can't put the genie back in the bottle, pal.
and would it be so much worse if they were legal?

Almost a century ago Prohibition poured vast wealth into the pockets of
criminals. Folks who said it should be repealed were told there would
be drunks in the street. It was repealed anyways and the drunks did not
materialize. What happened is 12 step programs flourished and across
generations fewer started drinking heavily. Now we've gotten back to
the point that non-distilled beverages are more popular and the market
for distilled beverages is steadily declining.

Prevention and social pressure beat legal punishment. Taxation beats
smuggling. Profit to lots of small businesses beats profit to the few
killers who survive their turf wars. Amazing how all of that works.

Anyways, thanks for teaching me to add yet another group to my blocked
list. Goodbye all traffic crossposted to alt.politics from here on.
Hello better signal to noise level on other groups.

On Aug 12, 1:56*pm, Jim Davis wrote:
William Mook wrote:
I wasn't invited to present anything. *I spoke with them about
it.

Did they reject your paper? If so, did they say why?

I'm sure you'll agree that the following notables:

* * * John Mankins (Artemis Innovation}, Chair
* * * Dallas G. Bienhoff (Boeing}
* * * Wayne Finger (RS and H}
* * * Joe Howell (NASA, MSFC, retired}
* * * Feng Hsu (Space Energy Group}
* * * Alex Ignatiev (University of Houston}
* * * Femi Ishola (University of Lagos, Nigeria}
* * * Paul Jaffe (NRL}
* * * Nobuyuki Kaya (Kobe University}
* * * Keith Lofstrom (Oregon IEEE Consultants Network}
* * * Bob MacDonald (SPACE Canada}
* * * Seth Potter (Boeing}
* * * James R. Powell (maglev 2000}
* * * Stan Rosen (Boeing}
* * * Susumu Sasaki (ISAS/JAXA}
* * * Mike Snead
* * * Frank Steinsiek (EADS Astrium}
* * * John Strickland
* * * Gordon Woodcock (Boeing, retired}
* * * Robert Wegeng (PNNL}

could offer far more constructive comments than you're likely to
get trading insults with Brad Guth.

I'd hate to think that Usenet is your only option.

Jim Davis

Jim, please don't put words in my mouth. If I were asked to present
my ideas, I would have prepared something. That's all I said in
response to your observations.

I know a few of the notables on your list as you called them. I don't
think many of them would call themselves that.

I have every right to share my ideas in any venue convenient to me.

On Aug 12, 5:19*pm, Doug Freyburger wrote:
john.whine wrote:

narcotics and other drugs are bad but they're already here.
can't put the genie back in the bottle, pal.
and would it be so much worse if they were legal?

Almost a century ago Prohibition poured vast wealth into the pockets of
criminals. *Folks who said it should be repealed were told there would
be drunks in the street. *It was repealed anyways and the drunks did not
materialize. *What happened is 12 step programs flourished and across
generations fewer started drinking heavily. *Now we've gotten back to
the point that non-distilled beverages are more popular and the market
for distilled beverages is steadily declining.

Prevention and social pressure beat legal punishment. *Taxation beats
smuggling. *Profit to lots of small businesses beats profit to the few
killers who survive their turf wars. *Amazing how all of that works.

Anyways, thanks for teaching me to add yet another group to my blocked
list. *Goodbye all traffic crossposted to alt.politics from here on.
Hello better signal to noise level on other groups.

Addiction is a medical problem. The call to adventure strong drink
and illicit drugs promise reflects a social problem. The first is
addressed by a well thought out medical program. The second addressed
by a well reasoned social program. In no case does criminalizing drug
and alcohol use achieve either end.

On Aug 12, 5:19*pm, Doug Freyburger wrote:
... the drunks did not materialize.

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