Re: Hillary needs to quit

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>, Ubiquitous
<weberm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> pv+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> >Forge <forge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> 
> >>Personally I fully support a complete restructuring of NASA; I happen
to 
> >>think Bush's stupid fucking Mars initiative is a stupid fucking idea 
> >>from the stupidest fucking stupid fuck in the StupidFuckiverse. We
need 
> >
> >Yeah - we need to get to work on the moon. We can mine a fortune of
metals
> >and volatiles there, do important research, set up powerful radio and
> >optical telescopes shielded from the earth, and at the same time learn 
> >what it really means to be a spacefaring civilization. 
> 
> I recall watching a TV show which kinda explained why colonizing the
> Moon is so important now. Scientists discovered deposits of some form
> of Hydrogen which is perfect for nuclear fussion there. 
> 
> Darn if I recall the show it was on: The Universe?

Here's a Wired article on nuclear fusion and the moon:
http://www.wired.com/science/space/news/2006/12/72276

Realistically there's NOTHING feasible about mining the moon for anything
whatsoever, without as-yet unimagined new technlogies. But China and other
countries have plans to give it a try, so I suppose it'll mean another
space race to see who can be first to blow up, err, chop up the moon.

-paghat the ratgirl
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