[lunar-update] INTERMISSION - "TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE - The Lives of Lazarus Long"

[Larry Kellogg]

INTERMISSION - "TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE - The Lives of Lazarus Long"

Army daughter, two children, and Army husband are here and will leave 
the grandchildren as they go back to NY to get ready to deploy to Iraq.
We will have the grandchildren for the year and a half that they are gone.
Have been busy with in-laws and their goodbyes to all.

That said, have been trying to read Robert A. Heinlein's "TIME ENOUGH 
FOR LOVE - The Lives of Lazarus Long" and have reached the INTERMISSION 
at the halfway point. It says, "Excerpts from the Notebooks of Lazarus 
Long."

Since we are interested in reasons to go the the Moon, Mars and Beyond, 
let be lift a few of those quips starting at page 240.
- LRK -
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By the data to date, there is only one animal in the Galaxy dangerous to 
man --- man himself. So he must supply his own indispensable 
competition. He has no enemy to help him.

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When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not 
far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel 
is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.

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The second best thing about space travel is that the distance involved 
make war very difficult, usually impractical, and almost always 
unnecessary. This is propably a loss for most people, since war is our 
race's most popular diversion, one which gives purpose and color to dull 
and stupid lives. But it is a great boon to the intelligent man who 
fights onlt when he must --- never for sport.

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Peace is an extension of war by political means. Plenty of elbowroom is 
pleasanter --- and much safer.

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Larry Klaes passed this link.
http://lifeboat.com/ex/why.the.moon.human.survival
"Why the Moon? Human survival!" by Robert Shapiro.

So leave before it is too late, stick around and fix the problem, curl 
up and go to sleep, may get interesting or overwhelming.
- LRK -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fVI3BRBC6o&NR=1
There Is No Energy Crisis, There is a Crisis of Ignorance

And if you have more time than I do, something to chew on.
- LRK -

http://www.werbos.com/*
Welcome to the Werbos World!*


Thanks for looking up with me.
- LRK -

Larry Kellogg

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http://www.rvt.com/~lucas/heinlein/faq/bio.html
Robert Anson Heinlein: A Short Biography

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http://www.thespacereview.com/article/901/1
“We must ride the lightning”: Robert Heinlein and American spaceflight


      by Dwayne A. Day
      Monday, July 2, 2007

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http://www.geocities.com/msmaire/heinlein.html
/*ROBERT ANSON HEINLEIN 1907-1988*/
L I N K S !

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