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In article <3o4gu2$ea2@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, bromley@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
(bromley blair pat) wrote:

>    
>    It appears we have Canadians arguing amongst themselves about
>    whether or not we should spend the time and money to explore and
>    develop space.  What else is new?
>
>    Think of it this way:  most people remember the late 1400s as the
>    first time explorers began to open up the present-day Americas.
>    The social policies, etc. are less remembered.  In two-hundred
>    years, if our descendents are kicking around, they'll probably
>    remember the 20th century as the century in which nuclear power
>    was first harnessed, electronic computers were first used, and
>    humans first ventured into space.
>
>    Space exploration and development at a modest scale will have little
>    or no impact on our national debt and our decaying social structure.
>    If anything, it would probably help improve Canada's situation.
>
>    The only argument people need to go to space is the same one
>    used for any explorer / adventurer:  Because it's there.
>
>    If you think otherwise, you may as well pack everything up and
>    go home.  
>
>    People have a simple choice:  move forward, or backward.  
>
>    I'd rather move forward.

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