<div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 26, 2019, 6:16 PM John Clark via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></font><font size="4">Bill we're not talking about toys or school supplies, we're talking about half the universe, and a telescope that could see things 9 times dimmer that anything we can see now. There isn't a comparable next generation telescope planned for the Northern Hemisphere that's even on the drawing boards, nor is there likely to be any now that the only place such a huge telescope can be used to full advantage is off limits due to a army of marching morons.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto">I get the disappointment. Is there any consolation in a long-game view that sky gods are dying faster than stars go out?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">How many generations does it take for the current memeplex to crumble so either dollars or sense compels the landowners to recognize the shared resource of "earth" should actually be shared?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Do you, the identity pattern of crankiness that is John Clark, expect to live that long?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Maybe instead of officially dead this project can be irritatingly on hold?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I don't know if my own longevity will be sufficient, but I'd enjoy seeing your consistent style of disturbing the peace in another hundred years (or more) :) </div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div></div>
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