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Turning Off Space
October 15, 2009 | 08:28 AM

I would like to turn off Space for Mr. Parsons, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

Well, as long as he doesn't mind going without his telephone, internet, TV, emergency response services, weather forecasting, hurricane & tsunami prediction, protection by police and armed forces, and many of the things he relies on at the supermarket, all of which are made possible by space technology.

Oh, that's the practical... I guess we also have to deny him his computer and anything else created by people whose aspirations in science and technology were motivated by the achievements of the space program...

Oh.. and I guess in finality when the inventors and producers in society are unable to invent or produce any more of the things he needs to sustain his life based on resources and energy plundered from our planet, he will have to go without the boundless energy and resources harvested from Space that will be providing everyone else with their health, wealth and sustenance as we expand into a multi-planet species.

And at that unknown but certain even in the future when a rogue impactor threatens to wipe out life on Earth, those of humanity who had the foresight to create the space technology to identify and remove the threat will celebrate together while people like Mr. Parsons go on about their little lives with their little views oblivious to the wonder, magnificence and opportunity of the Universe accessible only through the space technology that will expand our desires and capabilities beyond our home planet.

Let us know when you want space turned off Mr. Parsons.

Bob Richards