The money or the moon?

[firefighter]

Ok here it is.........If you could go to the moon, risk free, in a space shuttle, and know you'll safely get back, or have one million dollars, which would you choose?

[Usarka]

Easy, the moon.

Unless the ride to the moon is so common place that its cheaper than the 1million, in which case i'd take the money and buy my own trip.

[Ixion]

Make it Mars and you've got a deal. The moon is so 20th century. Been there, done that. Mars, now, thats the real thing. Don't need to worry about getting back.Not got long to go anyway , be totally happy not to come back.

Any chance you could extend the deal to include the nearer stars? I always wanted to look up at a different sun.

When I was young (probably your age) we used quite seriously to think that we would one day (before we were old and grey) go for holidays on the Moon , if not the planets. Somewhere along the line the human species wimped out.

I don't quite know where or when, but it's a sad thing. I blame youff (well, everybody does) . If you're under 40 , it's all your fault

[skidMark]

The only reason people wanna goto the moon is because hardly anybody has ever done it.

Who cares.

Gimme a desmosedici rr and use the rest for petrol for a lifetime of riding and expensive ducati services mmmmmm

[nallac]

yip i'd take the moon.

[Ixion]

The only reason people wanna goto the moon is because hardly anybody has ever done it.

Who cares.

Gimme a desmosedici rr and use the rest for petrol for a lifetime of riding and expensive ducati services mmmmmm

EXACTLY. You're youff. It's your fault. Alas, I fear the the human speicies has lost the ability to dream mighty dreams. My generation is perhaps the last who will ever have looked outward in holy wonder and said "Bugger it, we'll do it. I'm going there" Later generations have settled for narrower horizons, lesser goals. Humanity is on the downward curve I think.

Oh, and Mr Motu, this is NOT an opening for you to dredge up your damn sucky-blowy hover things. They're never going to happen. They lied to us. Youff has betrayed us.

[flyingcrocodile46]

Going to the moon won't make any difference to the lives of those I care about. Give me the money.

[skidMark]

Going to the moon won't make any difference to the lives of those I care about. Give me the money.

Well put... it's a selfish way to spend it.

Buying a ducati isn't lol

[Ixion]

I suspect that nothing would do that. Go for the moon. It's more expensive than Gene-O-Kleen, but needs must

[Her_C4]

....but needs must

When the evil drives??

Hmm I am all about the $$ - I have plenty of places I would rather go and see or live in before wanting to go to the moon :-)

[Rockbuddy]

i suppose it would be good to be the first person on the moon

[Her_C4]

i suppose it would be good to be the first person on the moon

Ha ha ha - yeah some one has gotta do it for real eh??

[Ixion]

Just so. You are youff. You have lost the capacity to dream. When I was young, humanity was broadening its viewpoint. Now , it is narrowing it. Every year it gets narrower , less generous, less noble We can even see it here, on this site. Narrow minds, narrow ideals. The microcrosm mirrors the macrocosom , and the future of mankind may be seen in PD. Anything that is intellectually challenging is rejected.

My generation entrusted the future of mankind to your generation. Alas , you have have betrayed and abandoned that trust. We dreamed of the stars, we did not think that our descendents would be of lesser cailbre.

Heinlein is dead, there will never be another such, Youff does not have the capacity to comprend whereof he spoke.

I repose my hope in the dolphins. Perhaps when mankind is extinct they will reach the stars.

[skidMark]

Just so. You are youff. You have lost the capacity to dream. When I was young, humanity was broadening its viewpoint. Now , it is narrowing it. Every year it gets narrower , less generous, less noble We can even see it here, on this site. Narrow minds, narrow ideals. The microcrosm mirrors the macrocosom , and the future of mankind may be seen in PD. Anything that is intellectually challenging is rejected.

My generation entrusted the future of mankind to your generation. Alas , you have have betrayed and abandoned that trust. We dreamed of the stars, we did not think that our descendents would be of lesser cailbre.

Heinlein is dead, there will never be another such, Youff does not have the capacity to comprend whereof he spoke.

I repose my hope in the dolphins. Perhaps when mankind is extinct they will reach the stars.

Well dolphins do shag for fun...

EDIT: You're talking like you've been drinking rum old fella. or whiskey?

[Ixion]

Yes, they do.

And, in defiance of the miserable and the mediocre, I would add "the Skidmarks of humanity" to the dolphins in the list of those who give me some faint hope for the future of our species.

You have at least the ability to cling to great ideals and ambitions despite their seeming impossibility. Which is more than can be said of the narrow minded and miserable souls who belittle you (and the dolphins)