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- From: bmartino@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Bob Martino)
- Subject: Re: message from Space Digest
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 17:35:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul20.202613.268441@cs.cmu.edu> TSURAH01@asntsu.asn.net writes:
- >To Anyone on this list who would enjoy answering my question about outer
- >space:
- > I am an artist and independent producer. I am going to the Space and Rocket
- >Center in Huntsville, Al. this Thursday to videotape people's answers to my
- >question. I am also collecting written answers which I may incorporate in my
- >narrative on the video. I begin putting all this together in post-production
- >the week of July 27th.
- > The question is:
- > The year is 2010. This is your last day on earth. Tomorrow you leave with
- >the first civilian crew hand-picked by NASA to colonize the moon. NASA
- >prepares your OFK - Offical Flight Kit - with all you need to survive
- >physically on the moon. You are also allowed to take your PPK - Personal
- >Preference Kit. It is the size of a traveler's shaving kit and must weigh no
- >more than a pound. In it you must pack whatever you need to sustain you
- ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >emotionally and spiritually in outer space.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^
- > What will you choose??
-
- You're kidding, right??
-
- I'd take a small ceremonial knife from some far away eastern
- nation so that I could slit my wrists and/or throat.
- If ONE POUND is all that I was allowed for personal effects,
- including entertainment and spiritual comfort, I'd go absolutely
- bonkers inside of a couple of months. Same would be true for
- any normal human.
-
- Sorry to rain on your parade, but the question might need
- adjustment.
-
- _________________________________________________________________________
- | "...for since the creation of the
- - that Bob Martino guy - | world His invisible attributes,
- bmartino@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu | His eternal power and divine
- | nature, have been clearly seen,
- God invented science. so there. | being understood through what
- ^^^^^^^^ | has been made -Romans 1:20
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- "That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of
- empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder."
- -Calvin
-