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Subject: Re: re: space station alert - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 27-Mar-84 04:45:00 EDT
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parsec!holt    Mar 27 12:45:00 1984

"Earth has enough problems: why not solve them before making new ones in 
space?"
	Yours sadly,
		Dave Lukes (<U.K.>!ukc!qtlon!dave)

Please Dave,
	This argument just won't do.  If the human race waited to solve
all of its problems on earth befor going into space, then we would 
NEVER go into space.  In other words, we'll never solve all of our
problems on earth.  In fact, I would guess that new ones will spring up
as fast as we solve the old ones.
	Let's spread out the human race a little.  Then that one stupid
mistake by one set of stupid politicians (which is sure to happen sooner
or later on our beloved little planet) won't exterminate our species.
	As a matter of fact, it is highly likely that most of the people
who do colonize space will possess "superior" genes.  Thus, from an 
evolutionary standpoint, the "space people" of a couple of centuries in
the future, will have improved a sector of the species.

Ignoring genetic engineering for the sake of this discussion,

				Dave Holt
				Convex Computer Corp.
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