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Pastimes : Ask John Galt...
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To: John Galt who wrote (2588)4/12/1997 1:51:00 PM
From: Justin Banks   of 4006
 
John,
What is your stand on extra-terra life? Do you think such a thing exists? Also, I had someone ask me this the other day, and so I thought I'd pass it on to you:

If the world were as you would have it be, who would pay for space exploration?

They asked this question because of my involvement with the space program and my belief that government is bad and taxation is theft. I responded that the benefits of space exploration were such that finding private or corporate sponsors shouldn't be hard. Do you think this is reasonable? I guess the questioners basic point was that building a space probe is much more difficult and expensive than building a railroad (to tie in with the whole Taggart thread).

-justinb
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