[ExI] An Elegy for the Age of Space

[The Avantguardian]

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> From: BillK <pharos at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [ExI] An Elegy for the Age of Space
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> Sad piece, lamenting the end of Mankind's leap into space.


> So, it basically comes down to the fact that unless a new source of
> cheap, concentrated energy becomes available, our civilization has to
> drastically scale back the dreams of the future.

It might be looking for new sources of cheap energy that force us out there in the first place. Case in point is the Saturnian moon Titan. Titan has *seas* of liquid hydrocarbon. Enough to turn Earth into Venus if we brought them here and burned them. So let's find a better energy source no?

 
Stuart LaForge
 
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