Reggie Bautista wrote:
> "The Martian Way?" Never heard of it. Any idea if it's
> available in any of the copious numbers of Asimov anthologies
> out there?
According to the Internet SF Database site:
http://isfdb.tamu.edu/cgi-bin/pw.cgi?6e2806
It's been published in these books/magazines:
> From: Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Trent Shipley asked:
> > What will be the tangible benefits from a manned mission to Mars?
>
> This is going to sound awfully pie-in-the-sky because, well, because it
is,
> at least a little :-)
>
> We have to get off this planet. We don't know wh
At 02:15 PM 1/18/04, Reggie Bautista wrote:
Julia wrote:
> Anyone feel they were heavily influenced by Asimov's short story "The
> Martian Way"?
I say this as a long-time Asimov fan.
"The Martian Way?" Never heard of it. Any idea if it's available in any of
the copious numbers of Asimov antholog
Trent Shipley asked:
> What will be the tangible benefits from a manned mission to Mars?
This is going to sound awfully pie-in-the-sky because, well, because it is,
at least a little :-)
We have to get off this planet. We don't know when we might next be hit by
an asteroid like the one that kill
Julia wrote:
> Anyone feel they were heavily influenced by Asimov's short story "The
> Martian Way"?
I say this as a long-time Asimov fan.
"The Martian Way?" Never heard of it. Any idea if it's available in any of
the copious numbers of Asimov anthologies out there?
Reggie Bautista
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> Damon Agretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Trent Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Nope. If you are insolvent you should not be
> > treated.
> >
> > Open access to emergency medicine is the back door
> > is basically a disguised
> > form of socialized medicine. It forces solvent
> >
> "Robert J. Chassell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> As for inexpensive earth to orbit travel: there are
> two obvious ways to achieve this:
>
> * A nuclear thermal rocketThe problem with
>nuclear thermal rockets is two fold. Firstly,
> the current designs always put some radioactiv
On Friday 2004-01-16 18:30, John D. Giorgis wrote:
> At 01:49 PM 1/16/2004 -0700 Trent Shipley wrote:
> >I can think of only a few objective reasons why the commonwealth should
> >provide subsidies to ne'er do wells like myself.
>
> What a Nietschian hell
>
Exactly! Libertarian paradise, Soci
At 04:09 PM 1/16/2004 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote:
>Well isn't it at least partly due to luck? If I was born to a crack Mom,
>I'd say that the cards had been stacked against me, wouldn't you. Now we
>do live in a society that allows for the possibility that anyone can
>overcome their bad luck,
At 01:49 PM 1/16/2004 -0700 Trent Shipley wrote:
>I can think of only a few objective reasons why the commonwealth should
>provide subsidies to ne'er do wells like myself.
What a Nietschian hell
The answer, of course, is that every human life is precious... and indeed,
in your ow terms, ever
Ronn! wrote:
Why do you believe that being a taxpayer -- by which I am presuming you
mean having an income, owning property, etc., so that you are subject to
taxation -- is simply a matter of "luck"?
Well isn't it at least partly due to luck? If I was born to a crack Mom,
I'd say that the ca
At 02:49 PM 1/16/04, Trent Shipley wrote:
On Friday 2004-01-16 13:16, Damon Agretto wrote:
> --- Trent Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Nope. If you are insolvent you should not be
> > treated.
> >
> > Open access to emergency medicine is the back door
> > is basically a disguised
> > form o
On Friday 2004-01-16 13:16, Damon Agretto wrote:
> --- Trent Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Nope. If you are insolvent you should not be
> > treated.
> >
> > Open access to emergency medicine is the back door
> > is basically a disguised
> > form of socialized medicine. It forces solvent
--- Trent Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nope. If you are insolvent you should not be
> treated.
>
> Open access to emergency medicine is the back door
> is basically a disguised
> form of socialized medicine. It forces solvent
> people to take on your
> charity case whether they want
Nope. If you are insolvent you should not be treated.
Open access to emergency medicine is the back door is basically a disguised
form of socialized medicine. It forces solvent people to take on your
charity case whether they want to or not.
On Friday 2004-01-16 07:03, Damon Agretto wrote:
The problem with space travel is money. The cost of reaching low
earth orbit from the surface of the earth needs to drop by a factor
of 20 or more.
At the moment, space flight is expensive and has few users:
* the military: long range artillery, espionage, weather forecasting,
> No. I have given up on social programs and think
> the government should spend
> little or no money on them. I think that if someone
> with no money shows up
> in an emergency room they should get no treatment
> even if this means that the
> person dies.
Wow. So if I get into a car accide
At 04:21 AM 1/16/04, Trent Shipley wrote:
On Friday 2004-01-16 02:32, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
> At 10:17 PM 1/15/04, Trent Shipley wrote:
> >On Thursday 2004-01-15 20:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >Um. I thought I was pretty clear. I HAVE given up on the social
> > programs.
>
> Let me make sure
On Friday 2004-01-16 02:32, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
> At 10:17 PM 1/15/04, Trent Shipley wrote:
> >On Thursday 2004-01-15 20:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >Um. I thought I was pretty clear. I HAVE given up on the social
> > programs.
>
> Let me make sure I understand you correctly. You have giv
> >When the administration announces grand plans for manned space programs i
> >FEEL
> >proud, excited, and--yes--even inspired.
> >
> >And that feeling immediately makes me suspicious. Is this fiscally
> >responsible? Is it rational? I think, no, I *KNOW* that basing public
> >policy on emotion
At 10:17 PM 1/15/04, Trent Shipley wrote:
On Thursday 2004-01-15 20:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> > > _That's_ what's inspiring about it.
> >
> > Who cares if its inspiring?
> >
> > Look I was raised to be a liberal.
> >
> > I feel that we should fund medicaide and take care of poor
> > sick
At 06:32 PM 1/15/04, Trent Shipley wrote:
On Thursday 2004-01-15 16:28, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
> >spaceship is the Crew Exploration Vehicle? How inspiring!
>
> Less inspiring than, frex, "Lunar Module"?
>
> > The name doesn't even make sense.
>
> Who cares?
>
> >Will the task of the vehicle be to
- Original Message -
From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: Martian Emotion (was Easterbrook on Bush's NASA plan)
> Robert Seeberger
Robert Seeberger wrote:
> A mission to a nickle-iron asteroid that would mean an eventual return
> for investment just aint sexy. I can think of one other listmember
> who, like me, might pop a boner at the thought of asteroid mining, but
> I doubt anyone else here would get excited, or in any oth
On Thursday 2004-01-15 20:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> > > _That's_ what's inspiring about it.
> >
> > Who cares if its inspiring?
> >
> > Look I was raised to be a liberal.
> >
> > I feel that we should fund medicaide and take care of poor
> > sick folk. (Heck,
> > I am poor with chronic i
> >
> > _That's_ what's inspiring about it.
>
> Who cares if its inspiring?
>
> Look I was raised to be a liberal.
>
> I feel that we should fund medicaide and take care of poor
> sick folk. (Heck,
> I am poor with chronic illnesses and would *benefit* from socialized
> medicine.)
>
> I fe
- Original Message -
From: "Trent Shipley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 6:32 PM
Subject: Martian Emotion (was Easterbrook on Bush's NASA plan)
> In brute, lowest common denomi
On Thursday 2004-01-15 16:28, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
> >spaceship is the Crew Exploration Vehicle? How inspiring!
>
> Less inspiring than, frex, "Lunar Module"?
>
> > The name doesn't even make sense.
>
> Who cares?
>
> >Will the task of the vehicle be to explore the crew?
>
> No. Its task will
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