Comments on: Moon Society joins the Alliance http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/15/moon-society-joins-the-alliance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moon-society-joins-the-alliance Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Bill White http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/15/moon-society-joins-the-alliance/#comment-636 Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:39:35 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=209#comment-636 Kevin, you write:

“Bill said: “Yet since robots cannot have human babies, I strongly support humans in space”

Cannot have human babies _yet_… Robots could one day carry frozen fertilized eggs across the galaxy, starting human life in far-flung places. But long before then, I’m looking forward to flying pigs, which may be within the grasp of genetic engineering during my lifetime! ”

Hmmm. . .

Isn’t the old fashioned way more fun?

]]> By: Frank Johnson http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/15/moon-society-joins-the-alliance/#comment-635 Fri, 18 Jun 2004 14:08:19 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=209#comment-635 I had wondered what had happened to the Artemis Project. Good to see that the work is being continued.

]]> By: Harold LaValley http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/15/moon-society-joins-the-alliance/#comment-634 Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:13:02 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=209#comment-634 Bill you should enjoy reading this article

Space Is Our Home, not a Program
Focusing on federally funded exploration misses the point: Settlement is the goal, and it’s key to our survival and prosperity

http://www.betterhumans.com/Features/Columns/Guests/column.aspx?articleID=2004-06-17-1

]]> By: Kevin Parkin http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/15/moon-society-joins-the-alliance/#comment-633 Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:28:51 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=209#comment-633 Bill said: “Yet since robots cannot have human babies, I strongly support humans in space”

Cannot have human babies _yet_… Robots could one day carry frozen fertilized eggs across the galaxy, starting human life in far-flung places. But long before then, I’m looking forward to flying pigs, which may be within the grasp of genetic engineering during my lifetime!

]]> By: Arthur Smith http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/15/moon-society-joins-the-alliance/#comment-632 Fri, 18 Jun 2004 04:52:36 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=209#comment-632 By the way, both Michael Mealling there (rocketforge.org) and I are on the Moon Society board of directors – though we’ve been busy with other things lately. It’s a small organization, but it’s been pretty inspirational for some of us :-)

]]> By: Michael Mealling http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/15/moon-society-joins-the-alliance/#comment-631 Thu, 17 Jun 2004 22:10:53 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=209#comment-631 The release is now up on the web site. The Moon Society is still all volunteer so things take a while. And yes we know the web site could look better but none of us are web graphics experts.

]]> By: Harold LaValley http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/15/moon-society-joins-the-alliance/#comment-630 Wed, 16 Jun 2004 21:10:00 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=209#comment-630 Sorry Bill I too would want to be a settler if given the chance since I am not rich nor famous. I was only stating how we explored the western half of this great nation and of what happened to it as we settled as homesteaders. I am for Humans in space…

]]> By: Bill White http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/15/moon-society-joins-the-alliance/#comment-629 Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:57:22 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=209#comment-629 I will state my prejudice candidly.

If we do not go to stay (which means having babies out there, eventually) there is very little out there that cannot be done by robots.

Yet since robots cannot have human babies, I strongly support humans in space. ;-)

]]> By: Harold LaValley http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/15/moon-society-joins-the-alliance/#comment-628 Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:49:41 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=209#comment-628 Settlement for who? The rich or famous and at some point in the future will it become no longer exploration but exploitation or property rights ownership, rather than one of discovery which is the intent of exploration.

]]> By: Bill White http://www.spacepolitics.com/2004/06/15/moon-society-joins-the-alliance/#comment-627 Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:25:56 +0000 http://www.districtofbaseball.com/spacepolitics/?p=209#comment-627 To follow up on what kert said, its that word “exploration” that gives me the greatest concern about expressing my support of the President’s vision.

The meaning of “exploration” too easily morphs into whatever it is we are doing right now. Rock collecting may be exploration, but it does not fulfill my idea of “vision.”

Settlement should be the goal as George Whitesides (NSS) said in his testimoney to the Commission.

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