...and we're about to put an asshole in the presidency who wants to cut back NASA.... Options

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/30/cia.direc...nges/index.html

Hayden said the world's population is expected to grow by 45 percent to 9 billion people by midcentury, mostly in countries that cannot sustain such growth, such as Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Combine that with the likely mass migration to developed countries, and resources will be strained, leading to an increased risk of violence, civil unrest or extremism, he said.

I think that should be the sole purpose of humanity right now - The Space Program.

If we focused on that we'd develop all the technology we want and need ... recycling, alternative energy, etc ....

Sooner or later, we have to find a new planet, or the species will die ... It's pretty much a fact.

I dunno, I wish NASA had facilities engineers could work at in the rockies, maybe if I truly thought I wa doing something that would ultimatley benefit humanity, that would ACTUALLY benefit humanity at the coremost level we need it as opposed to a bunch of hippie tree hugger ideals, i'd be a more chipper person.

I dunno....I just read this article and it made me think about what a crock this election is going to be ... we _HAVE_ to have a space program.

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uh because its called not being a selfish half head. its part of humanity to want to and try to help others. its this countries backbone and is a value americans like to say they have. and because people generally expect empathy and aid when they are in need. but that doesnt just happen unless there are people out there willing to help.


hope you never get into an automobile accident and depend on a passerby that will give you aid or you experience a housefire and lose everything you own that insurance wont cover

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uh because its called not being a selfish half head. its part of humanity to want to and try to help others. its this countries backbone and is a value americans like to say they have. and because people generally expect empathy and aid when they are in need. but that doesnt just happen unless there are people out there willing to help.
hope you never get into an automobile accident and depend on a passerby that will give you aid or you experience a housefire and lose everything you own that insurance wont cover

i think your entire problem is your concept of "humanity" humans are violent, selfish, greedy creatures. in all you years of human existance, how many years have humans had "peace?" we are constantly warring, stealing, taking from each other. that is what we ARE. what we pretend to be is behavior conditioned into us from birth by religion and society. it's "wrong" to kill because we have been told it's wrong. in a world without enforced consequences the truth of humanity comes out. look at every riot and crisis you have seen where the rules have been taken away, and you will see the true face of humanity.