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From: "Vern Humphrey" 
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To: goffscalif{at}aol.com [mailto:goffscalif{at}aol.com]
>
> > We will go into space -- whether there ARE any other worlds
> remains to be
> > seen.  And whether humans can reach them is another matter entirely.
>
> There are - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
> Neptune, and Pluto
> right here in this solar system, with their satellites and the
> asteroids.
> And there is indubitable proof of planets around other stars,
> though to this
> point we only have the ability to detect very massive gas giant bodies.

The problem is, we cannot live on the giant planets, nor on those inside
our orbit (Venus or Mercury.)  And on those where we CAN live, we must
import our own environment.

As for the stars, unless we can exceed the speed of light, it's unlikely we
will ever reach them.
>
> We could have been permanently on Luna long ago.  We could
> probably have at
> least visited Mars in person by now.  Instead, we've been afraid
> to leave earth
> orbit for nearly 30 years.  In the face of this unwillingness to
> do anything
> serious in space, the assertion that we will go into space rings rather
> hollow.  We could have done so long ago, and should have.
>
Right now, it's too expensive for any possible return.  Future technology
may change that.
>


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