Thou Shalt Love the Tentacle The Great Mediocre Gatsby has already expressed interest & I can only assume is painstakingly overseeing every aspect of the Flag of $tevonia's design between projects ranging from space exploration to hallucinogenic pancake research. ...Meat in Space The consumption of meat and dairy products is the leading preventable cause of human disease and death. The goal of space exploration should be to strive for higher values, not to export our vices. (What's next—gambling on Neptune? ... Going to Mars Well, if that's true in space, it's got to be true here on earth. You know the saying: "Families who eat together..." What's that saying again? NPR got me to thinking about all of this when I heard a report about Mars exploration. ... Human vs. Robot exploration of Mars - a hybrid compromise Once you're up to speed with what's happening in robotics, it's a small step to see that a highly useful transitional step between Earth-controlled robots on Mars (ie the Martian rovers up there now), and landing fragile fleshly humans ... I often wonder where people get their weird ideas from. You know ... All I know that the future of space exploration is completely certified dead. I mean we can still try to locate other intelligent life somewhere out there in the universe, or warn some others, but what's the whole point. ... Spore Now what's next? Settle down? Nope, its time to enter into phase 6: space! Yes friends, outer space awaits us after we reach #6! From here on out we get command of our only starship. It is not clear wheather there will be more to come, ... Following the Water We have to know what's out there. Whether or not we ever come in contact with another race of sentient beings is beside the point --- we're going to learn more about ourselves, our creation, our solar system, and our universe in the ... What's New on July 3, 2008! Since there's a new Batman movie coming out at the end of the month, we'll be high-lighting some of the best Batman books currently on our shelves. This week's book is the first collection of Grant Morrison's highly regarded, ... The future is for the old, not the young I'll confess I liked the idea of Mundane SF as an antidote to increasingly right-wing military sf and shoddy space operas. But on reflection it's only another call to look inwards, to ignore what's out there. Writing about the possible ... Phoenix Mars Mission - ICE! Let's figure out how to keep our planet in decent shape before we decide to go screw up another one. Millions/billions of dollars are being invested in space exploration and research facilities to understand "what's out there". ...
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