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2012-01-02 -Short Attention Span Theater-

NASA Forum on Ron Paul's Space Position Paper of 1988

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Posted by Water Modem 2012-01-02 09:58|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 There are two types of nuclear engines. One uses nuclear power to heat propellant. Its awesome once you get it into orbit, but worthless in getting you out of the Earth's gravity-well. The other uses nuclear bombs and their shockwave to push the ship. Awesome in getting you out of the Earth's gravity-well but a bit messy and politically unlikely.

Believing either is gonna be built in the western world is monumentally naive.

Posted by rjschwarz 2012-01-02 13:51|| 2012-01-02 13:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Something has to give - the underlying locii of the GWOT is OWG-NWO, while the locii for OWG-NWO is SPACE GOVT-ORDER, + by extens SPace Exploration + Colonization.

Humanity isn't going to have any Deep-Space Colonies + Markets unless it has NTS which do not use up the bulk of pur PLanet's natural Oil-Gas at the expense of normal life on Earth. WE'LL END UP HAVING TO PRAY OR DEPEND ON SPACE ALIENS TO DISCOVER OUR PLANET + SHARE THEIR TECHNOLOGIES WID US WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HOPING THEY DON'T FORCIBLY CONQUER OUR "HOW-QUAINT-THE-WEIRDO-PRIMITIVE-HUMANS/EARTHIES-ARE-STILL-USING-OIL-FOR-FUEL-N-MASS-MOBILITY" SORRY HUMAN ARSE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-01-02 19:19|| 2012-01-02 19:19|| Front Page Top

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