sinterklahaas - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Another reason we're stuck on this blue planet (Score 2, Insightful) 505

by sinterklahaas on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @01:21PM (#42451521) Attached to: Trip To Mars Could Damage Astronauts' Brains

I suppose you also regret giving up alchemy. Finding a cheap way to convert lead to gold is probably easier than flying to another star. Don't think of it as "giving up". Rather think of it as postponing until somebody happens to stumble on some breakthrough scientific discoveries.

Comment Re:Another reason we're stuck on this blue planet (Score 2) 505

by sinterklahaas on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @01:17PM (#42451447) Attached to: Trip To Mars Could Damage Astronauts' Brains

Of course, as soon as we have a working antimatter drive, the poster may revise the stated opinion. Until then, it is perfectly reasonable.

Comment Re:First Time (Score 1) 639

by sinterklahaas on Tuesday January 01, 2013 @09:09AM (#42440845) Attached to: The U.S. Careens Over the Fiscal Cliff, Reaching Only Half of a Deal

And despite being at the center of innovation, the US has been running a trade deficit since the late sixties.

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