Hi!

[Richie]

You can't kill a dream.

[Rick]

There hasn't been nearly as much drive behind space exploration since the Cold War ended. A great many space-exploration dreams have faded  since then.

[Richie]

Communism precipitates endeavour (?).

[Mike]

Although I feel some of the military operations are necessary, I think too much is spent on military equipment. It is a shame that a good percentage of this money isn't pipelined into more worthy causes, of which space exploration and scientific research involving space is just one.

[Rick]

Communism precipitates endeavour (?).

The fear that the Russians would get there first certainly did...

[Richie]

Do you think the Pitcairn Islands would be a good location for a major new observatory?

[ This Message was edited by: Richie on 2002-08-19 00:48 ]

[Mike]

I think that with the British Weather putting an observatory anywhere near it is a bad idea ! Unless its a radio observatory !

[Richie]

The Pitcairn Islands are indeed British territory - but in the Pacific! That rather throws the astronomer's usual moan about British sky conditions, doesn't it?

[Mike]

Shows you how good my Geography is, I thought it was near Scotland - LOL !!

[Rick]

That depends how high Pitcairn is. If it's less than 12000ft above sea level, then forget it...

BTW: When the subject changes completely, it's better to start a new topic rather than keep an old topic (with a totally un-related subject) alive.

[Richie]

Well actually there is a revolutionary link, as Pitcairn is the home of the descendants of the 1789 Bounty Mutiny, but as its highest point is a mere 347m, it looks like they will be carrying on like that without you...