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   Gordon D. Pusch to Alex Terrell   
   Re: Moon Base baby steps   
   29 Jan 04 22:22:18   
   
   XPost: sci.space.policy   
   From: g_d_pusch_remove_underscores@xnet.com   
      
   alexterrell@yahoo.com (Alex Terrell) writes:   
      
   > But no one in this thread has suggested people colonising and breeding   
   > on the moon. I would envisage one year tours of duty, which should be   
   > quite feasible. Pregancy would be punished by an immediate ticket home   
   > (or to an orbiting colony), at unless / until pregnency in 1/6g (or   
   > 38g for Mars) is proven safe.   
      
   Quite bluntly, if they've paid for their own ticket, it's nobody's bloody   
   business _what_ they choose to do. It's _their_ right to decide what _they_   
   consider "safe" --- =NOT= some officious thug appointed by the Nanny State !!!   
      
   The main reason why I want to get =OFF= this Mother-May-I rock is that   
   there are too darned many "safety fascists" like _you_ getting in my face !!!   
   >:-(   
      
      
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