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# 671 byrabrooks@... on Nov. 16, 2004, 3:31 a.m.
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--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Combs, Mike"
> From: Richard [mailto:rabrooks@g...]
>
> > No. I have no faith that we will find anything.
> > But we should go and take a look.
>
> Most of us on this list are very much in favor of going to have a look.
>
> > To set Mars off limits strikes me as silly.
>
> I don't think anybody is trying to set Mars "off limits". We're just
> listing possible reasons for expecting that things on Mars will not go
> much beyond government-funded exploration for planetary science. Or
> somewhat more generously, reasons for suspecting Mars settlements would
> have a great deal of difficulty competing economically with orbital
> settlements.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike Combs

I will state my position again. It is too early to tell.

I like science fiction. Blue-skying is fun. But I'm afraid some
people are taking this thing too seriously.

Rick Brooks