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From God To NASA
It wasn't my intention that the talkbacks to my last post would take such a theological bent, but so what? The discussion was interesting, and special thanks to P. Douglas for single-handedly fending off hordes of godless geeks.

It was a fun discussion. Thanks for, albeit unintentionally, creating the opportunity. (Now if someone would actually listen to what I have to say on the topic. Sigh.)

Regarding NASA and space exploration: maybe the government should create a bounty for the first company that can get a spacecraft to Mars, with a promise to pick up part of the tab for the companies that enter the competition. I think overall NASA and the government would save a lot of money, and you would see a lot of innovation in many areas. As a general principle, when you democratize something, you get the best results. (Also, the government could look at ways at recovering its costs through e.g. co-ownership patent deals with the companies.) NASA should really bring in smart people to help monetize the huge amount of innovation such a competitive program could generate.
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Hand in your geek card...  jcg_z | 09/01/06
About Robots.  slopoke | 09/01/06
The Speed of light...  jcg_z | 09/01/06
Light speed issues.  slopoke | 09/01/06
To quote Gilda  slopoke | 09/01/06
I'm not so sure...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
A piece of the puzzle...  jcg_z | 09/01/06
what Apollo was really about.... and why we need something like it again  jlafitte | 09/05/06
Not sure I agree...  jcg_z | 09/05/06
I agree on several point  Michael Kelly | 09/01/06
The reason we send men into space...  jcg_z | 09/01/06
Granted  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
Because of the risk...  jcg_z | 09/01/06
It's also because men need to go into space  voska | 09/05/06
Re:  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 09/01/06
No acceptable risk.  dave.leigh@... | 09/01/06
Have to disagree John...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/01/06
From God To NASA  P. Douglas | 09/01/06
Nasa back to God  seosamh_z | 09/02/06
Why I take the route I take  P. Douglas | 09/02/06
Why I take the route I take - 2nd try  P. Douglas | 09/02/06
This is an abomination.  jsaltz | 09/02/06
Don't go there  Roger Ramjet | 09/06/06
Enlightenment....  jcg_z | 09/03/06
Re: Enlightenment....  P. Douglas | 09/03/06
God or Science?  Roger Ramjet | 09/05/06
Re: God or Science?  P. Douglas | 09/05/06
Mind Pollution  Roger Ramjet | 09/06/06
Re: Mind Pollution  P. Douglas | 09/06/06
Purity of Essense (POE)  Roger Ramjet | 09/07/06
Re: Purity of Essense (POE)  P. Douglas | 09/07/06
Re (Part deux:) Enlightenment....  P. Douglas | 09/03/06
Working intelligence?  Roger Ramjet | 09/06/06
Not quite  seosamh_z | 09/06/06
Re: Working intelligence?  P. Douglas | 09/06/06
Evilution?  Roger Ramjet | 09/07/06
Re: Evilution?  P. Douglas | 09/07/06
It worked for DARPA...  jlafitte | 09/05/06
NASA needs astronauts  jlafitte | 09/05/06
Hey coon  NetArch. | 09/05/06

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