Going to Mars

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:24 pm

Enkidu wrote:It was mountaineer George Mallory, replying to the question of why he wanted to climb Mount Everest. (I thought it was Edmund Hillary, but I looked it up in case I was wrong. I was.)

Ah, thanks for that, its been bugging me that I couldn't remember the details.

shran · Post by **shran** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:07 pm

Thorin wrote:
Teaos wrote:I'd rather see someone go to Mars than what most of my Taxes get wasted on.
But you'd rather live in a country where you don't have to pay taxes.

Said coutry exists. Monaco. However, considering you live there tax-free having the nationality of Monaco, you may not go to certain parts of the country, such as the casino. And the whole coutry is like 2 square kilometres.

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:35 pm

I think Kuwait is tax free for true Kuwaities. They have different levels of nationality though.

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:49 pm

Captain Seafort wrote:
Enkidu wrote:It was mountaineer George Mallory, replying to the question of why he wanted to climb Mount Everest. (I thought it was Edmund Hillary, but I looked it up in case I was wrong. I was.)
Ah, thanks for that, its been bugging me that I couldn't remember the details.

Kennedy said something similar. "We choose to go to the moon... not because it is easy but because it is hard."

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:05 am

Thanks, Monroe.

We have to go eventually, IMHO. The Earth's the cradle of humanity... and all children outgrow the cradle. In order to get something out of space travel, we must go out and establish our presence.

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:06 am

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Thanks, Monroe.

We have to go eventually, IMHO. The Earth's the cradle of humanity... and all children outgrow the cradle. In order to get something out of space travel, we must go out and establish our presence.

and dominace >.>

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:28 am

LOL. Yes, Monroe. How else will we get our Terran Empire?

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 12:10 pm

RK wrote:We have to go eventually, IMHO. The Earth's the cradle of humanity... and all children outgrow the cradle. In order to get something out of space travel, we must go out and establish our presence.

Well, we'll naturaly need to go sometime. Earth simply can't support a rapidly increasing population indefinitely.

Graham wrote:Kennedy said something similar. "We choose to go to the moon... not because it is easy but because it is hard."

Ah, that was the quote I was looking for.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:56 pm

I think I've listened to that speech a hundred times and it still gets me.