what we really need to go into space

> Folks, we need to turn the conversation back to subjects relevant to
> SSI research. Although the more political subjects are very
> interesting to me personally, the SSI Maillist is really not the
> place for them.

Hear hear! I remember getting into a capitalism/socialism argument on
a Sailor Moon newsgroup, and while I feel that I defended my POV
reasonably well (not as well as I would've liked), it didn't answer
the important questions:

How does Usagi avoid split ends?
Why are the villains named after minerals?
Is Sailor Jupiter bisexual?
Do the Silver and Crystal Mellennium timelines represent societies
bennifitting from space-based manufacturing, including cheap,
abundant, non-polluting energy?

As there are no pure communisms, capitalisms, or socialisms in the
world today, arguing about which can best put us in space is sort of
like arguing whether the Elves, Gnomes, or Dwarves could do it best.

> Many Thanks,
>
> Mike Combs

Xenophile (the way things are going, it would have to be the Elves...
they're the only ones who live long enough)