Posts Made By: Robert Schmall

Herb York said:

Kinda like the voters on the polls

George Blahun said:

I mean this sincerely, I'd like researchers to give serious thought to dumping chemical rockets and start an intense search for alternative, futuristic propulsion systems. Warp Drive, Anti Gravity all the stuff which physicists now say is feasible given the current views of the universe and its most basic laws. I'm sure that some of this is now going on, but it would be nice to come up with a method for getting us to the stars without having to rely on time dilation and its myriad issues. In the book The Hunt For Zero Point by Nick Cook, he postulates some of this research is and has been going on. Unfortunately, it is in the Black Programs and is not out in the open with collaboration of ideas and results. If you aren't familiar with Nick Cook, he writes for Jane's, and is a well respected researcher. Chemical rockets are not going to get us where we really want to go, the stars and beyond. You might find it surprising that I voted for reducing funding for manned flight, but it's not because I want to see us stuck here on earth. I'd like for us to really have a chance to go somewhere interesting and to get there money is needed. Using chemical rockets to get us off the earth is like using a bicycle to get to the North Pole. It can be done, but unless you're doing it for the fun and exciting experience, it's not the most efficient way to travel.

Kevin Conville said:

Being proud and being afraid aren't opposites therefore making an odd set of choices. I for one am relatively proud as we are addressing some VERY long ignored problems and are being more adult-like.
Having said that I worry about not only our country but the not-too-distant future of the world and am pretty well convinced the heyday has passed.

~ AstroMart LLC~ said:

I am not wearing a slip - do you really want to see what I am wearing?

Herb

Luca Grella said:

[QUOTE]Robert Schmall said:

1. The leaders of a sovereign foreign nation are evil.
2. The citizens of that nation are equally guilty.
3. Therefore, the United States, as a Moral Nation, has the right to bomb that country.

~ AstroMart LLC~ said:

Here is where the we have come down on this "issue"

There are 4 groups of members

1) Those that have paid $12 to have access and supported

2) Those that have paid for access and never supported

3) Those that have paid to support but have never paid for access

4) Those that have never paid for access and have never supported

No one in the last 2+ years has gotten access to Astromart without paying the $12 so we feel that it is time for the never paid never SUPPORTED group to pay for access. The worst case for these users is that it will cost them 40 cents for each month they have had access and in many cases as low as 14 cents. This will also strengthen the security of the site in that it will require grandfathered users to be real people with real names and real credit cards and will provide a more secure member base. Again - IF YOU HAVE SUPPORTED you will be asked for no additional money.
This will be implemented over the next few days or weeks.

Thank you for your ideas
Astromart.com

John cameron said:

Doesn't the result of this poll mean that; NONE of the children of the of the original European colonists of America would have qualified for American citezenship ? Therefore, the only real Americans are Native American Indians, whose parents were born in the land now called America. So, whose gonna be the first to return home ?

Herb York said:

I would like to add that a sitting president is always referred to as President not Mr. as a matter of respect whether we agree with them or not.

-Matt


You know I used to think that too.

Then I learned from the news media and print media I was incorrect.

They alway referred to President Bush as Mr Bush.

I have learned front the wisest people on the planet that there is no respect.

Herb