No offense to Rearden Metal, but I have never heard anyone make that claim in my life. Certainly RM could quote his source for that info. I really do not believe that to be true.
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Unfortunately, given NASA's recent performance (or lack thereof), they'll probably be announcing that they've lost both Mars rovers - something like having computed the planned course in feet but sent the control program up designated in meters and they ran off the edge of cliffs.

Quote from aphexcoil:
Tomorrow (Tuesday) -- Major announcement.
http://www.local6.com/news/2941107/detail.html
Life on mars?
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A lot of fundamentalists would probably have to re-evaluate their belief system in terms of Genesis, etc. I believe some religions are centered around the fact that Earth is the center of the universe in terms of life, and that we are the only planet that contains life.
I'm not saying that this is what I believe, but I'm sure there are many people who do believe this.
It will also open up other questions, such as what type of lifeform is it? Does it contain DNA? Can we get a sample of it? Does it match any life here on Earth? Etc ...
you have no idea of what you speak..but i'm not going to get into it and i don't want to ruin this thread, anyway....Quote from nononsense:
(Gordon Gekko doesn't contribute cause he doesn't make any money)
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you have no idea of what you speak..but i'm not going to get into it and i don't want to ruin this thread, anyway....
all i will say is, for someone my age, the amount of money i've paid in taxes is probably in the top 5%. in my lifetime, i will probably be in the top 2%.