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The Moon as backup drive for civilization
ljk4-1
post Sep 25 2006, 06:52 PM
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The Moon as backup drive for civilization

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"After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance.
I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard,
and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does
not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is
indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have
no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft."

- Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853

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post Sep 27 2006, 07:47 PM
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[quote name='ljk4-1' date='Sep 25 2006, 06:52 PM' post='69538']
The Moon as backup drive for civilization


Trying to 'back up' human knowledge on the Moon is a bit like being in Khatmandu and needing that first aid kit you left in Mt. Everest- when you really need it you won't be able to reach it.
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- ljk4-1   The Moon as backup drive for civilization   Sep 25 2006, 06:52 PM
- - nprev   Whoa...heavy, man, heavy! Actually, I'v...   Sep 25 2006, 07:03 PM
|- - David   I think it's interesting that Bloom is quoted ...   Sep 25 2006, 10:58 PM
- - Stephen   QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Sep 25 2006, 06:52 P...   Sep 26 2006, 07:11 AM
- - nprev   Hmm., Well, it may only be three or four days tran...   Sep 27 2006, 12:59 AM
- - DonPMitchell   You haven't watched Dr. Strangelove? It's...   Sep 27 2006, 02:57 AM
|- - ugordan   QUOTE (DonPMitchell @ Sep 27 2006, 03:57 ...   Sep 27 2006, 10:36 AM
- - nprev   Yesss....deep ones, with women selected for their ...   Sep 27 2006, 03:38 AM
- - edstrick   You can't argue in here! This is the WarRo...   Sep 27 2006, 09:38 AM
- - DDAVIS   [quote name='ljk4-1' date='Sep 25 2006...   Sep 27 2006, 07:47 PM

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