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From the Democrats.com Mailbag: Readers Weigh in on Bush Sale of the Moon and Southern Baptist Saber Rattling
21-Sep-02
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"In the long-term, even if there are no immediate obvious effects from a slightly altered gravitational interplay between Earth and moon, the chaotic effect could, ultimately produce catastrophic changes (greatly enhanced tides, disastrous climate effects, etc.). Are we so selfish and short-sighted that we don't care what happens to people several centuries or millennia from now - or have we just written the possibility of a human future on Earth completely off? Easier to desert the sinking ship and head for new worlds to exploit, eh? The fact is, anyone who claims to know what the impact of human activity on the moon-Earth relationship will be has failed to learn anything from human history and its sorry record of stupid mistakes made based on stupider assumptions. A current example comes to mind - the assumption the nuke folks are making that transport of nuclear waste across thousands of miles of highway day in and day out will be safe." So writes Cheryl Seal