Earth-Moon Network = Maturing Space Industries

On Monday, September 2, 2002, at 11:01 AM, Jack Reynolds wrote:

>> You need to remember that people are not interested in space strictly
>> for the
>> material gains bu also for dreams too.
>
> Yes, but dreams have only spawned discussion. Nothing of any real
> significance has been done.
>
With all due respect, I think the Apollo program, communication
satellites, and Earth Observing Satellites are quite significant.

The dinosaurs were destroyed by an asteroid because they weren't
space-faring. It's almost as if Gaia then thought "Well, dinosaurs
worked pretty well, but space-faring is necessary. Maybe I'll should
try mammals this time." Humanity is now developing systems to detect and
deflect asteroids, and could build orbital space colonies to spread
beyond Earth to insure life would survive a planetary catastrophe.

Al Globus
CSC at NASA Ames Research Center
http://www.nas.nasa.gov/~globus/home.html