Re: Space funding (was Re: Hillary needs to quit)

In article <A9qdnQx2nInMZpjVnZ2dnUVZ_sCtnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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macthevorlon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Yeah, we gotta get of this rock.
> >>
> >
> > or we're all gonna die...
> 
> You both seem to have misplaced your <S>'s and/or emoticons.

I did not. Intend or wish need not be related to ability.

> I am almost certain that the human race does not have the long term
> *will* to plan that far ahead, to the point where it will be distributed
> over many planets, and one mass extinction event at one planet won't
> wipe out 100% of humanity.

Oh I quite agree, not at the current point in time. Who described us as 
a dangerous child like race. If we live a thousand years perhaps we will 
have matured enough to start, but otherwise I doubt its likely. Unless 
we come across a Stargate or something where we can steal stuff from 
others.

>  There are too many people here who don't
> think about what's beyond their skin or five minutes away from them, too
> many whose long term view borders on *immediate*, and too many who think
> *only* of themselves and certainly not of the human race as a whole, or
> something beyond their own lifetime.

Indeed, just look at the followups in this thread.