Star
Dreck
As a kid I was all about space stuff, because at that
time we really knew so little about all the cool things that
might be out
there. (Yes, we're talking a long time ago. Before dark matter,
before
Voyager,
before...
well, I was gonna say "red shift" but not THAT
long ago.
Then we got to the Moon and found it was covered in a lot
of dust and rocks, and not much else. And then we got to
Mars and found it was covered in a lot dust and rocks, and
not else.
Yes, Mars is a fascinating place if you're
getting a weekly check form Uncle NASA to help
you search for little green animalcules, or other biological
whatnot, under
one
of those
rocks but it's a terrible place to ever consider sending
a human.
Ever. Or, worse, imagining establishing a colony there.
The many obstacles facing the pooting of a human or two to
Mars is not beyond the grasp of modern technology, the
question is why
we would
need to do it beyond, well, you know, just being able to
do it. To me, there's no rational or useful return on investment
and we have bigger environmental fish to fry on old Terra.
We need to tend to this, our home planet, before it's nothing
but a lot of dust and rocks, and not much
else.
If we really need to find what's out there let's
save
a
lot of
money
and
human
lives
and
build
some
really smart bots to do the investigations for us.
/rant
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Of all my cartoons, ALL my cartoons, Google today decided
that this
two-year-old comic was "dangerous and derogatory" and
that ad servicing would be cancelled for that page until
I fixed it. After a good laugh at the perfection that is
AI hate-speech detection I deleted the ad on that page.
There is obviously a VAST sliding scale when applied to the
word "dangerous". Does it mean "non-baby-proofed
electrical outlet" dangerous or "parking a van
full of explosives in front of a federal building" dangerous?
There are better words to apply here, Google bots. You have
access to the entire dictionary. Try one more appropriate
next time.
But I digress.
Sorry, Pilgrims. I guess you're just going to have to continue
to endure my dangerous and derogatory attacks against
you for a while longer.
=Lefty=
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