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littlemissattitude · 28th August 2003, 08:41 AM

I think that the real problem is that, if you wait for the "right time" it will never happen. Since I believe that it is essential for humanity's survival to leave the Earth, I think it is important to just go ahead and start.

Private enterprise will have to play a part, invest some of their own time, money, and expertise, rather than just contracting out to the government to work on bits of it. This is because I don't think government ever will do it on their own - it isn't in their interest. It is harder to govern when the goverened are farther away, and governments seem more and more determined to micromanage everything. Expanding out into space will make that much harder to do, and governments know that.

I know. I sound cynical. It's been that sort of day. Sorry.

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littlemissattitude Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: California Posts: 3,342	Re:Do we want a Moon colony within 20 years? I think that the real problem is that, if you wait for the "right time" it will never happen. Since I believe that it is essential for humanity's survival to leave the Earth, I think it is important to just go ahead and start. Private enterprise will have to play a part, invest some of their own time, money, and expertise, rather than just contracting out to the government to work on bits of it. This is because I don't think government ever will do it on their own - it isn't in their interest. It is harder to govern when the goverened are farther away, and governments seem more and more determined to micromanage everything. Expanding out into space will make that much harder to do, and governments know that. I know. I sound cynical. It's been that sort of day. Sorry.