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    Default I agree with Charles Krauthammer about something!

    Doesn't happen often. Usually Krauthammer and I are on opposite sides of issues such as invading countries. But in this piece about the Moon he exactly expresses my thoughts. Creepy.

    We took a dip in the ocean, then retreated to the tidal pool of Low Earth Orbit -- and pretty soon the U.S. won't even have orbital capacity. I don't understand it.

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    Default Re: I agree with Charles Krauthammer about something!

    Why doesn't NASA sell it's expertise to China and let them foot the exhorbitant costs for this 'inspirational' hobby.
    To sleep, perchance to experience amygdalocortical activation and prefrontal deactivation.

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    Default Re: I agree with Charles Krauthammer about something!

    Quote Originally posted by ivan astikov
    Why doesn't NASA sell its expertise to China and let them foot the exorbitant costs for this 'inspirational' hobby?
    (Fixed your punctuation and spelling; gave you a pass on the single quotes because it's a British usage.)

    1) The technology involved is largely either held in private patents, classified, or already public information; NASA can't sell it to anybody.

    2) The costs are not exorbitant.

    3) It's not a hobby.

    Ivan, have you taken your temperature? You said you're worried you have the flu. If you have a fever, it can make you irrational.

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    Default Re: I agree with Charles Krauthammer about something!

    Krauthammer may be really far right, but he's also intelligent and reasonable.

    As a talking head, he's the rare omnipresent mouthpiece that I don't want to strangle.

    Like many people, I do fear his hair.
    "I won't kill for money, and I won't marry for it. Other than that, I'm open to just about anything."

    -Jim Rockford

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    Default Re: I agree with Charles Krauthammer about something!

    Quote Originally posted by Oliveloaf
    Krauthammer may be really far right, but he's also intelligent and reasonable.

    As a talking head, he's the rare omnipresent mouthpiece that I don't want to strangle.

    Like many people, I do fear his hair.
    He's had an unusual life. I didn't know until recently that he's been paraplegic since the 1970s.

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