Why it is Important to Have a Space Program

Look here, all--

Star Wars geeks may think of ourselves as nerds but actually we are escapists. The real action is in the Real World in Actual Outer and Inner Space.  Thank you to the NERDS for this crucial reminder.

On the whole I would say that the non-Star Wars sci-fi parts of my friendsbase at Livejournal have a much higher IQ overall, and know what the Real Nerds with Science Jobs are toying with lately. Whether it's giant particle colliders or Chandra or polar monitoring stations, they are better to spend time eavesdropping on than we 'Jedi' standing around  cyberspace waiting for the next Lucas product to spend our grocery money on.

Having shaken my heavily splinted index finger at you all I give you the link. 

 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/200...  

 It's from scifi author Jay Lake,

http://jaylake.livejournal.com/  a great provider of regular helpings of 'link salad'. 

I advise you to read each and every comment in the thread because the posts are NOT by the braindead.  Then form your own opinion on whether or not you think humanity is worth perpetuating in the best interests of the planet we parasitize. Tailor you citizenship practices accordingly.

New Years update! If you click on the following link, there's a great commentary by sci-fi author Melodee Aaron, and a huge and interesting quote of JFK (deceased president John f Kennedy, for the younger crowd) regarding the USA space program.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog....

That is all.