<DIV>Dear Robert,</DIV>
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<DIV> You pose a fundamental question. What to do with a hundred billion dollars?</DIV>
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<DIV> I would agree with you that it is a lot of money just to go to Mars, but also just for nanotechnology. With that amount of money, we could probably find the secrets of life extension and even immortality?</DIV>
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<DIV> Your message puts light in a fundamental economic concept: opportunity cost. And between Mars and immortality, I take the second without any doubts. </DIV>
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<DIV> And later I would go to Mars as well:-)</DIV>
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<DIV> Extropianily yours,</DIV>
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<DIV> La vie est belle!</DIV>
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<DIV> Yosé</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Robert J. Bradbury</STRONG> <A title="[extropy-chat] Moon news" href="mailto:extropy-chat%40lists.extropy.org?Subject=%5Bextropy-chat%5D%20Moon%20news&In-Reply-To=5.1.0.14.2.20040109175836.030951d8%40mail.comcast.net">bradbury at aeiveos.com </A><BR><I>Fri Jan 9 17:23:15 MST 2004</I>
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<LI>If a Mars program would cost $100B consider what that could<BR>do if invested in nanotech development...<BR></LI></UL></DIV><BR><BR><P>La vie est belle!<BR><BR>Yosé (<A href="http://www.cordeiro.org">www.cordeiro.org</A>) <IMG src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys/1.gif"></P>
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