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>>    And now for my favorite Robert Heinlein quote: "The meek 
>>    shall inherit the Earth.  The rest of us will go to the stars!"
>>
>	Izzo> 	John, I agree with you! I love it when I hear Heinlein quoted,
>	Izzo> 	and when I realize that there is still somebody around who
>	Izzo> 	*knows* that we will not stay on this planet forever.
>
>I'm sorry, but I'm unimpressed by this sort of attitude.  With NASA's
>budget being cut yet again this year, and the future prospects looking
>no better for the United States space program, I'm unable to entertain
>such fantasies.  

	NASA budget is cut => therefore we will stay on this planet
	forever.

>Any hope for the future survival of mankind that
>depends on the development of some ``magic'' technology such as
>self-sustaining space colonies is no hope at all.  

	Magic? What is magic? Is flying on an airplane "magic"?
	How deeply silly.

>Here-and-now
>solutions such as harsh penalties for environmental abuses and forcing
>polluting companies to fully internalize the costs of their actions
>(to name just two), on the other hand, offer some hope that one can
>believe in when one is _awake_.

	Those companies are not only polluting, but they are also creating
	quite a lot of wealth. You are enjoying this wealth too (even if
	maybe you don't deserve it).
>
>-- 
>      Dan Weiskopf|STOP, YOU'RE KILLING ME! -John Brunner, _The Sheep Look Up_
>debaser@netcom.com|UCBerkeley Dept. of Philosophy, Senior Undergraduate

	Carlo

	izzo@rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de