Re: the irony

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Re: the irony

Tom Brosz — 6/3/2002 4:30:05 PM (archived)

Don't count your Chinese moon bases before they are built. The Soviet Union had a pretty good space program on paper too, and even had some significant successes (Mir is one), but their Moon rocket blew up and their Shuttle program ran out of money even before a ratty Soviet-constructed building fell in on their orbiter.

The Chinese do have the luxury of being able to dump as much political money as they think they need to into their space program, but that isn't always enough.

Still, politics aside, as representatives of humanity, I wish them nothing but good luck. There has been a long history on Earth of colonies set up by repressive nations evolving into free nations that surpassed the original colonizers. Maybe this could happen again.

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space enviro-wackies - p - 6/3/2002 4:27:31 PM
- Re: the irony - Raoul - 6/3/2002 6:57:12 PM
  - Re: the irony - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2002 4:30:05 PM
  - Re: the irony - gbaikie - 6/3/2002 9:44:33 AM
- Re: space enviro-wackies - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2002 5:51:04 PM
  - Re: space enviro-wackies - dacman - 6/6/2002 7:16:53 PM
  - There may be a real issue here - alcaray - 6/3/2002 12:44:44 PM
    - You don't really think Armstrong's footprints are still there. - Lee - 6/4/2002 7:34:49 PM
      - I think the blast was just as historical, and that the 'nauts got further from the LEM than that. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 6/4/2002 7:50:59 PM
    - The lessons. - Bowser - 6/4/2002 6:40:12 PM
      - Antarctica - Tom Brosz - 6/4/2002 11:16:46 AM
        
        Well - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:35:29 AM
        
        Re: Well - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 1:29:46 PM
        
        Feel the power of the dark side Tom. - Lee (Vader) - 6/4/2002 1:15:00 PM
        
        lol and very true. n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 6/4/2002 12:05:33 PM
    - You're pulling my chain, right? - Tom Brosz - 6/3/2002 4:23:38 PM
      - amen - R.L. - 6/5/2002 3:15:39 PM
        
        Re: amen - alcaray - 6/6/2002 5:40:29 PM
        
        Re: Anti-tech - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 4:30:10 PM
        
        How do you spell the sound you make when you give someone "the raspberrys"? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 6/6/2002 5:43:04 PM
      - not this time - alcaray - 6/4/2002 7:47:15 PM
        
        Woops! What's wrong with my "bold" html? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 6/4/2002 7:48:49 PM
        
        Re: Woops! What's wrong with my - Specificity - 6/5/2002 9:27:12 AM
        
        Test n/t (sort of) - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:01:02 AM
        
        Re: Test n/t - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:02:53 AM
        
        Re: Test n/t - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:03:40 AM
        
        You might be adding extra spaces in the codes. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2002 1:31:02 PM
        
        You are a genious! n/t - alcaray - 6/6/2002 6:46:24 PM
        
        Re: Test n/t - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:04:54 AM
        
        Re: Test n/t - alcaray - 6/5/2002 10:06:29 AM
    - Of course there is an issue - FrankC - 6/3/2002 4:00:17 PM
- They are disgusting. Completely. §§ (n/t) - ebnelson - 6/3/2002 4:47:15 PM
  - My guess is that they are laying the foundation for an eventual UN Tax on Space development - Scott - 6/3/2002 5:02:35 PM
- If the moon has extremely limited water ice... - pwokenyaw - 6/3/2002 11:21:30 AM

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