--- Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu> wrote: > At 10:18 5/1/2003 -0700, you wrote: > >Yeah. But why do we send nuclear-powered, > exploratory > >spacecraft out there, to drift endlessly once their > >fuel is "depleted"..... but with a nice map and > other > >artifacts pointing back to humans and planet earth, > >just so that some aliens ( who might not be really > >happy about our radioactive space junk! ) know > where > >to come find us! > > > Hmm. Wondering here... > > Just how much and what type of radioactive material > started out from > earth? I'm not sure about this particular one, but some of our "Space Probes" are definitely nuclear-propulsion types (headd it on NPR last month ) and they DO have nice little line drawings of nekkid humans ( smiling and waving ) and a diagram nack to earth. And a record of "Johnny B. Good" by Chuck Berry. No kidding. I hope they like Berry better than the deadly isotopes we send them. > ...and your suggestions, prior to it's launch, for a > long lasting power > source and an identifying inscription were... ??? None NASA is a juvenile, arrogant waste of cash and materials. > > >have right here on earth will be "sexy" enough to > >attract our finest minds! > > Gordon Lee Stelter > > > Perhaps. Which are you tackling next? All of them, simultaneously. A spiritual ( attitudinal ) revolution must precede all attempts to solve humanity's problems if true solutions are to be found. A rejection of violence, in all its forms, is prerequisite. > > > > Conrad Hoffsommer PTG RPT, MPT, CCT > Decorah, IA > > Certified Calibration Technician (CCT) for > Bio-powered Digitally Activated > Lever Action Tone Generation Systems > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
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