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Subject: Re:
From: jim@jpes.com
Cc: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU, PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Date: 13 Jun 2001 11:39:00 PDT


 All,

 My two cents worth to this thread.

 From a purely scientific standpoint, the prospect of reorbiting
 the earth sounds facinating, and maybe (probably) doable.

 But, to be honest, I couldn't care less whether this happens or not.
 And it doesn't matter a rats behind if that gives another billion
 years or more to the life of the earth.  Fact is, none of us will be
 here probably within the next 200 years, let alone anything beyond
 that.  So all this scientific speculation and planning will be for
 naught regarding our (my) lifetime(s).  We won't be anywhere near
 here to enjoy it, even if it does become reality, (which I highly
 doubt anyway).

 If anyone takes issue with my feelings or attitude toward this
 thread, and I expect some will, please bombard me offline and
 free the bandwidth of the PICLIST of your fury.

                                           Regards,

                                             Jim



On Tue, 12 June 2001, "Peter L. Peres" wrote:

>
> > More seriously, you say "the Earth will only be
> > habitable for the next billion years", really do you
> > think we WON'T have interstellar transport within
> > a billion years from now??
> > :o)
> > -Roman
>
> If the bozos who rule 95% of the surface of the earth get their way even
> once until then we may have to start over @Neanderthal five thousand times
> over in the following billion years. There are some theories about this
> being the case with us right now (i.e. we are not the 1st to be smart
> here). Of course there is no proof but it's a little bit selfish to think
> otherwise imho.
>
> Peter
>
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