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re: An easy solution.
Brain washing?
Lee
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Interstellar travel
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Raoul
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6/18/2008 8:22:41 PM
Interstellar travel - by Oort cloud comet stop overs.
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Robert Clark
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6/24/2008 4:37:51 PM
It's programming.
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Bowser
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6/19/2008 3:46:48 AM
We're on a SHIP NOW
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carl
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6/19/2008 9:06:49 PM
re: We're on a SHIP NOW
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ER
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6/20/2008 3:08:31 PM
re: We're on a SHIP NOW
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Socrates II
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6/20/2008 3:49:49 PM
re: We're on a SHIP NOW. Socrates II
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Marcia
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6/22/2008 5:56:14 AM
Uh, yeah, but...
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Socrates II
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6/23/2008 2:02:37 PM
HOW MUCH MORE Consumables?
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carl
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6/20/2008 8:33:54 PM
re: HOW MUCH MORE Consumables?
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REB
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6/20/2008 8:59:11 PM
Humans occupy an extremely small surface on the Earth
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Raoul
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6/20/2008 11:31:09 PM
re: Humans occupy an extremely small surface on the Earth
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Marcia
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6/22/2008 4:29:00 AM
re: Interstellar travel
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TB
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6/18/2008 10:05:12 PM
re: Interstellar travel
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Mr Fibuli
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6/20/2008 3:20:45 AM
"Turning the ship around" will almost certainly not be an option,
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ER
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6/20/2008 12:38:12 PM
re: "Turning the ship around" will almost certainly not be an option,
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Marcia
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6/22/2008 3:13:08 AM
re: "Turning the ship around" - Spell check: Gallician.
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Marcia
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6/22/2008 3:17:14 AM
re: "Turning the ship around" - Spell check: Oh, gosh...
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Marcia
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6/22/2008 3:21:44 AM
This just shows...
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Socrates II
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6/23/2008 2:09:49 PM
re: This just shows...
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Marcia
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6/24/2008 11:08:18 PM
re: This just shows...
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Marcia
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6/24/2008 11:12:04 PM
Using asteroids.
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REB
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6/19/2008 4:49:58 PM
re: Interstellar travel
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ER
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6/19/2008 1:01:36 AM
The Catch-22 of generation star travel
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TB
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6/19/2008 2:06:54 AM
re: Interstellar travel
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Marcia
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6/18/2008 10:19:22 PM
Interstellar Reconnaissance
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Lee
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6/18/2008 11:48:53 PM
re: Interstellar travel
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Marcia
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6/18/2008 8:52:33 PM
re: Interstellar travel
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Raoul
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6/18/2008 9:07:59 PM
re: Interstellar travel. - I know.
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Marcia
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6/18/2008 9:17:48 PM
re: Interstellar travel. - I know.
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JEKing
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6/19/2008 3:00:05 AM
re: Interstellar travel. - I know.
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Marcia
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6/19/2008 3:12:07 AM
re: Interstellar travel. - I know.
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JEKing
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6/19/2008 6:26:50 PM
re: Interstellar travel. - I just posted a reply and somehow it got lost.
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Marcia
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6/22/2008 12:25:40 AM
re: Interstellar travel. - I just posted a reply and somehow it got lost.
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Marcia
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6/22/2008 12:27:38 AM
re: Interstellar travel. - I just posted a reply and somehow it got lost.
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Marcia
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6/22/2008 2:28:02 AM
re: Interstellar travel. - I just posted a reply and somehow it got lost.
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JEKing
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6/23/2008 5:37:44 AM
re: Interstellar travel. - I just posted a reply and somehow it got lost.
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Marcia
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6/24/2008 11:15:18 PM
If our descendants feel "at home" in space...
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Raoul
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6/19/2008 6:59:37 PM
re: If our descendants feel "at home" in space...
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JEKing
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6/20/2008 3:22:08 AM
One thing most older SF about multigenerational starships did not address
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Socrates II
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6/20/2008 2:45:01 PM
re: One thing most older SF about multigenerational starships did not address
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REB
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6/20/2008 3:20:14 PM
aging
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JEKing
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6/21/2008 2:10:03 AM
It takes a village.
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ER
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6/20/2008 3:03:54 PM
One thing the members of an interstellar ark will have...
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Socrates II
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6/20/2008 4:03:06 PM
Goals Can Change
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Mr Fibuli
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6/21/2008 3:12:21 AM
re: Goals Can Change
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Marcia
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6/22/2008 4:18:44 AM
re: Goals Can Change
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Mr Fibuli
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6/23/2008 2:15:40 AM
I'm ejecting Harry out the airlock
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Socrates II
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6/23/2008 2:56:10 PM
re: I'm ejecting Harry out the airlock
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Mr Fibuli
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6/24/2008 1:34:20 AM
One thing Harry doesn't know...
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TB
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6/24/2008 1:52:39 PM
Oh
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Socrates II
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6/24/2008 4:12:37 AM
"Hijack the starship!" -- Jefferson Starship ("Blows Against the Empire")
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ER
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6/21/2008 3:28:26 PM
An easy solution.
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Lee
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6/21/2008 4:27:01 PM
"Historical baggage" for cultural evolution is a lot like "genetic baggage" for biological evolution
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TB
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6/23/2008 3:31:30 AM
That's kind of my point.
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Lee
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6/23/2008 2:27:29 PM
Excellent points about the selected elite
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ER
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6/23/2008 1:22:18 PM
Good post. Not news to a California dweller, of course.
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TB
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6/24/2008 1:47:54 AM
How about the "Shady Flea Road"?
(n/t)
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ER
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6/24/2008 3:20:31 AM
re: How about the "Shady Flea Road"?
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TB
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6/24/2008 2:04:15 PM
re: An easy solution.
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Mr Fibuli
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6/22/2008 3:20:03 AM
Ship of Fools
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ER
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6/22/2008 11:26:28 AM
re: Ship of Fools
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Lee
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6/22/2008 6:52:25 PM
re: Ship of Fools
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ER
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6/22/2008 9:57:49 PM
Marcia may have a point...
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TB
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6/23/2008 3:45:18 AM
re: Marcia may have a point...
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Marcia
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6/24/2008 11:24:36 PM
re: An easy solution - I have one...
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Marcia
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6/22/2008 5:47:34 AM
Brain washing?
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Lee
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6/22/2008 4:41:25 AM
re: Brain washing?
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Mr Fibuli
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6/23/2008 2:34:49 AM
Depends I guess
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Lee
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6/23/2008 2:31:31 PM
The Young Pioneers: Starship Youth.
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ER
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6/21/2008 5:24:29 PM
Sure it would work.
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Lee
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6/21/2008 5:52:27 PM
It might work, but it should never be attempted.
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ER
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6/21/2008 7:28:23 PM
A clean slate isn't creepy.
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Lee
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6/22/2008 12:09:39 AM
We need to send hippies.
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ER
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6/22/2008 3:45:17 AM
Depends on who's doing the engineering.
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Lee
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6/22/2008 4:48:35 AM
re: Depends on who's doing the engineering.
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Marcia
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6/22/2008 5:31:03 AM
A question.
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Lee
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6/22/2008 3:24:42 PM
re: A question.
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Marcia
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6/24/2008 11:19:57 PM
re: A clean slate isn't creepy. - Yes, I get it.
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Marcia
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6/22/2008 2:32:59 AM
I will say it one more time
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Socrates II
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6/23/2008 2:00:24 PM
re: I will say it one more time. - :)
(n/t)
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Marcia
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6/24/2008 11:21:00 PM
Our space faring descendants will probably evolve into different groups.
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REB
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6/20/2008 2:11:03 PM
re: Our space faring descendants will probably evolve into different groups.
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Lee
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6/21/2008 4:10:53 PM
"I wonder if there will be a group that uses genetic modification to keep from evolving because they like our current form?"
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ER
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6/20/2008 3:08:57 PM
You know that despite all these arguments of logic and reason and physical reality
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Socrates II
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6/19/2008 8:21:47 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.