From: Harvey Newstrom <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com>
>Woohoo! Mars, here I come!
>Water = Hydrogen and Oxygen. Fuel to burn, water to drink, oxygen
>to breath. Most of our supplies are already there.
>Could this be why there was so much interest in finding water/ice
>on the moon, and now looking for it on Mars? Was this a
>deliberate search for resources to revive the Space Program? Is
>a manned-Mars mission the next item on the political agenda?
>Is this why NASA briefed the White House first? Will Al Gore
>promise to put a person on Mars in this decade? Will Republicans
>fight the idea? Will this be the next issue for Presidential
>Politics?
>(Last one on Mars is an *EARTHLING*....!)
Al Gore is on record as being against a manned Mars mission.
Of course:
Q. "How long does it take for one to change everything one has ever
believed in."
Politician: " Oh, at least 48 hours, the paperworks incredible!"
Brian
Member:
Extropy Institute, www.extropy.org
Adler Planetarium www.adlerplanetarium.org
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Mars Society, www.marssociety.org
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