Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!unm-la!lanl!cmcl2!yale!mfci!rodman From: rodman@mfci.UUCP (Paul Rodman) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: 1992 moon base Message-ID: <646@m3.mfci.UUCP> Date: 14 Feb 89 16:45:48 GMT References: <1989Feb13.074530.17504@cs.rochester.edu> Sender: rodman@mfci.UUCP Reply-To: rodman@mfci.UUCP (Paul Rodman) Organization: Multiflow Computer Inc., Branford Ct. 06405 Lines: 18 In article <1989Feb13.074530.17504@cs.rochester.edu> dietz@cs.rochester.edu (Paul Dietz) writes: > >Wonderful, Henry. Lunar colonies (= a handful of people huddled >underground) Are you trying to say that people huddled underground are worthless? How about people crammed into cities like Tokyo or NYC? How about people living in -80F in Alaska or Siberia? Are the people in Antartica doing research useless or pointless because they are "huddled underground"? Your imagery is pointless. Yes, a lunar base is probably underground, so what? Paul Rodman rodman@mfci.uucp