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bad day for space

2007-07-27 15:29:47.741817+00 by Dan Lyke 4 comments

UDreamOfJanie has a roundup of yesterday's space news: A Horrible Day For Space Flight. Summary:

But that's all roughly what we've come to expect from NASA. The kicker was:

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#Comment Re: made: 2007-07-27 18:39:30.414463+00 by: jeff [edit history]

These are small examples of why I keep pushing the idea that "we have Earth, and only mother Earth" in the short-term on which to exist as a human race. Unless we have folks who have the technololgy in hand to terraform Mars into a nice living space. It's also why I think our unfettered capitalistic economic model of "growth for the sake of growth" will eventually catch up to all of us.

Politicians can lie to people, but they can't twist the ultimate laws of physics.

#Comment Re: made: 2007-07-29 15:34:51.676181+00 by: TheSHAD0W

jeff: I think you're too stuck on planets, myself...

#Comment Re: made: 2007-07-30 00:39:54.326479+00 by: jeff

I just happen to like Earth, that's all. ;^)

#Comment Re: made: 2007-07-30 13:01:09.666469+00 by: ebradway

Unfortunately, our technology in hand may only terraform Earth into a place more like Mars!