Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Move over, Nostradamus, my turn at that gazing bowl ! The other day I saw an article about how they'd found a couple of earth-sized planets circling stars over a hundred light-years away. We'll never know what those planets are really like, because we'll never reach them. In fact: 1. Man will never successfully leave and return to this solar system, even if we had another 10,000 years in which to do it. The distances involved are too great. (Sorry, Star Trek fans.) 2. For at least another 100 years, we will not successfully colonize or exploit either our moon, Mars and it's moons, or the moons of gaseous planets. We may have the technology sooner, but it won't economically feasible. 3. He who discovers the scientific means to enable such colonization, and make it economically feasible will be a " Cablanasian " , like Tiger Woods. (There will be many such people by then.) 4. We need not worry about the " end of days " coming anytime soon. As ancient as the Rome of Caesar's time seems to us, our own times will be more than twice as ancient before any- one needs to start worrying about that. 5. East Africa will split the length of the Great Rift Valley, the greatest natural disaster in all recorded history, with tremendous loss of human life. The resulting coastlines will be hugely beneficial to succeeding generations. 6. The Years Of Man (YOM) = 12,654. 7. That YOM = one yom (day) to Him. You may think this is an elaborate April Fool's joke. It's okay, you may think that. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Well never go to the Moon in my lifetime - wait, we've done that. The Apollo missions were not " economically feasible " , but that never stopped them. How would you measure that anyway? Where there's a will, there's a dollar (or gazillions of them). Never say " Never " , again ... Predictions > Move over, Nostradamus, my turn at that gazing bowl ! > > The other day I saw an article about how they'd found a couple > of earth-sized planets circling stars over a hundred light-years > away. We'll never know what those planets are really like, > because we'll never reach them. In fact: > > 1. Man will never successfully leave and return to this solar > system, even if we had another 10,000 years in which to do it. > The distances involved are too great. (Sorry, Star Trek fans.) > > 2. For at least another 100 years, we will not successfully > colonize or exploit either our moon, Mars and it's moons, or > the moons of gaseous planets. We may have the technology > sooner, but it won't economically feasible. > > 3. He who discovers the scientific means to enable such > colonization, and make it economically feasible will be a > " Cablanasian " , like Tiger Woods. (There will be many such > people by then.) > > 4. We need not worry about the " end of days " coming anytime > soon. As ancient as the Rome of Caesar's time seems to us, > our own times will be more than twice as ancient before any- > one needs to start worrying about that. > > 5. East Africa will split the length of the Great Rift Valley, the > greatest natural disaster in all recorded history, with tremendous > loss of human life. The resulting coastlines will be hugely beneficial > to succeeding generations. > > 6. The Years Of Man (YOM) = 12,654. > > 7. That YOM = one yom (day) to Him. > > You may think this is an elaborate April Fool's joke. > It's okay, you may think that. ;-) > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 Colin wrote: > Well never go to the Moon in my lifetime - wait, we've > done that. That isn't what I said, but that we wouldn't successfully colonize or exploit it, within 100 years. You have to read the actual words used. Clay > The Apollo missions were not " economically feasible " , > but that never stopped them. How would you measure > that anyway? Where there's a will, there's a dollar > (or gazillions of them). > > Never say " Never " , again ... > > Move over, Nostradamus, my turn at that gazing bowl ! > > > > The other day I saw an article about how they'd found a couple > > of earth-sized planets circling stars over a hundred light-years > > away. We'll never know what those planets are really like, > > because we'll never reach them. In fact: > > > > 1. Man will never successfully leave and return to this solar > > system, even if we had another 10,000 years in which to do it. > > The distances involved are too great. (Sorry, Star Trek fans.) > > > > 2. For at least another 100 years, we will not successfully > > colonize or exploit either our moon, Mars and it's moons, or > > the moons of gaseous planets. We may have the technology > > sooner, but it won't economically feasible. > > > > 3. He who discovers the scientific means to enable such > > colonization, and make it economically feasible will be a > > " Cablanasian " , like Tiger Woods. (There will be many such > > people by then.) > > > > 4. We need not worry about the " end of days " coming anytime > > soon. As ancient as the Rome of Caesar's time seems to us, > > our own times will be more than twice as ancient before any- > > one needs to start worrying about that. > > > > 5. East Africa will split the length of the Great Rift Valley, the > > greatest natural disaster in all recorded history, with tremendous > > loss of human life. The resulting coastlines will be hugely beneficial > > to succeeding generations. > > > > 6. The Years Of Man (YOM) = 12,654. > > > > 7. That YOM = one yom (day) to Him. > > > > You may think this is an elaborate April Fool's joke. > > It's okay, you may think that. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2004 Report Share Posted April 2, 2004 Colin: Well never go to the Moon in my lifetime - wait, we've done that. The Apollo missions were not " economically feasible " , but that never stopped them. How would you measure that anyway? Where there's a will, there's a dollar (or gazillions of them). Me: There has been no humans on the Moon in my lifetime. To put it another way, no manned moon missions in the last 25 years. Jen _________________________________________________________________ Check out news, entertainment and more @ http://xtra.co.nz/broadband Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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