Now I get it...

If you're wondering what's behind Bush's recent push to Mars, take a look at this article from Petroleum News:

NASA Ames Center looks at problem of drilling on Mars
If there is life on Mars, it would probably be microorganisms in water
deep below the surface of the planet. Dr. Geoffrey Briggs, director,
Center for Mars Exploration at the NASA Ames Center, told ?Meet Alaska?
that NASA is looking at ways to drill on Mars to look for water ? and
the life it might contain. Briggs said NASA has been working with
Halliburton, Shell, Baker-Hughes and the Los Alamos National Laboratory
to identify drilling technologies that might work on Mars.
[...]
Halliburton and Baker-Hughes are working on some very advanced systems,
Briggs said, some so advanced they aren?t willing to talk much about
them. He said the NASA Ames Center relies on working with people in the
industry who ?really understand the problems and make us face up to the
realities ? ?We do appreciate,? he said, ?that this is a non-trivial
activity."

Look, it's pretty simple on this whole space thing. Either you're with
us or against us. Plainly put, if we can't go to Mars then the
terrorists have already won.
As for the so-called "public" being "tepid"
on this "send Bush to the Moon" thing... it's perfectly clear - If Bush
says we're going to Mars then that's what we're gonna do, and if the
public disagrees then it's obviously against us.
So, the real question here is "Why does America hate America?"

Posted by flow Frazao on January 13, 2004 at 01:35 PM | Permalink