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Producing off-earth Energy and mining metals from the asteroids are doable, provided Big Government gets off the back of private enterprise.
MIND MELD: Is Science Fiction Responsible for the Lack of Public Interest in Space Exploration? 2008
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Second, he "assumes that sending people to the Moon or Mars is somehow necessary in the first place" for the same reasons I do -- Building on the experience of Apollo and ISS, we have the technology to get off-earth for the first time in human history and thus provide insurance against catastrophe.
Former NAC Chair Jack Schmitt Quits Planetary Society Over New Roadmap - NASA Watch 2008
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NASA scientist David McKay has proposed a lunar library to act as an off-earth storage site for essential documents.
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NASA scientist David McKay has proposed a lunar library to act as an off-earth storage site for essential documents.
September 2006 2006
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Finney pointed out that just as today's scholars use the archaeological record to investigate how Polynesians diverged culturally as they explored the Pacific, archaeologists will someday study off-earth sites to trace the development of humans in space.
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An influx of the off-earth alien Ding-a Ling race.
Recent Activity 2010
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