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The problem is that you have to bring all that material to make an O'Neill colony up the gravitational well too. So I am not so sure that you would really save that much energy.

But it does not have to be Earth's well....

IMO, it is all foolish, all this plans about changing parts of space to fit human biology. We should do it other way: change ourselves (and/or our descendants) to fit the space... If rovers can survive on Mars with our current technology for years, why, in 20-30 years, something more intelligent and...

Are you aware that bailoout does not mean "pay bankers" and those money are being paid back? And are you aware that without bailout, everybody would have lost everything? A bailout keeps alive structures which have led to failure. Neither bankers nor investors deserve to get more money out of an en...

The popular voice will tell you that the problem is caused by "greed of Wall Street" and we will fix it by "putting them all into jail". Well, good luck with such solution. Wallstreet sure is part of it. The fracking speculated away money that was not theirs to begin with (it belonged to the people...

Do you really think that common people do have the ability to choose right? Perhaps it is actually good thing that elections are just big show, with real forces hidden behind.... Ah, because you think that this has been going so well lately, hu? Actually, it worked pretty well since WWII. Do not ge...

IMO, the whole part about elections is overvalued.

Do you really think that common people do have the ability to choose right? Perhaps it is actually good thing that elections are just big show, with real forces hidden behind....

I do not know. It looks cool, but I remember reading cost analysis by SpaceX stating that these combined "air breathing winged first stage then rocket" are not really very effective. That airplane has little advantage if you need to get orbital velocity.... (SpaceShip is different story, as its goal...

I think there may have been a profit side to it. But I can not be sure. I only met them once, and they quickly got the idea that I did not approve of them as human beings. In fact, now that I think of it, I think early on they were trading drugs for sex as I recall. There may have been a money part...

Drugs do not promote "addiction". Anything that promotes PTSD (child abuse is the biggie) promotes drug use. Which is why these drugs are safe for over the counter use. People without a pain problem don't like the side effects of taking pain relievers. Addiction is a myth. A very effective myth. On...

As far as perspective on legal/illegal, that was my point. It can be argued either way, and that is why I point out that those that want with criminal tendancy, will probably use criminal means to pursue what they want. If you completely de-regulate it, make it free, and have it in bins on every st...

As far as perspective on legal/illegal, that was my point. It can be argued either way, and that is why I point out that those that want with criminal tendancy, will probably use criminal means to pursue what they want. If you completely de-regulate it, make it free, and have it in bins on every st...

I would say the WoD helped her in the sense that it has limited her access to the hard stuff. Are you sure about it? It does not sound like that. The only thing that would've been different was the sourcing of the drugs. In any event, even if it was "legal" and "controlled" like cigarettes and alco...

My younger sister almost went the same path. A former Olympic level gymnast, and straight "A" Advanced Placement Student in High School. She started with pot, and then went to George Washington in DC. At GW she was introduced to hard drugs by her "friends" there. Once they had her hooked, she becam...

In my family my older brother shot himself in the head with my brother-in-law the cop's gun over his wasted life due to drug abuse on their back porch with my sister in the kitchen. At least ten minds are against drugs as a result. With all respect, it is one thing to be against drugs. It is comple...

icarus wrote: I think you will find that the sceptics have become

I am just looking forward you start calling people "deniers".