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  • Congratulations to the Webb team

    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 24 12:11:42 2022
    https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html

    Lovely to see news of the telescope's deployment that makes a difference whereas on the surface, they are talking about military deployment in Europe.

    Now, more than ever, a world needs genuine astronomy and people with courage to show humanity more expansive perspectives of the planet we inhabit , its position in the solar system, galaxy and wider structures when they are found.

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  • From Jos Bergervoet@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Jan 24 23:41:11 2022
    On 22/01/24 9:11 PM, [email protected] wrote:
    https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html

    Lovely to see news of the telescope's deployment that makes a difference whereas on the surface, they are talking about military deployment in Europe.

    Now, more than ever, a world needs genuine astronomy and people with courage to show humanity more expansive perspectives of ...

    Hmm, what happened to Star Wars, actually?! We now know of
    thousands of exo-planets, are there any plans to invade them?

    Colonization, Galactic Empire formation, all those nice plans,
    described in so many books already, it seems just a matter
    of taking action now!

    the planet we inhabit , its position in the solar system,

    Ours will be the the center of the Empire of course!

    galaxy and wider structures when they are found.

    Exactly! No need to stop at just one Galaxy..

    --
    Jos

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Jos Bergervoet on Tue Jan 25 07:26:48 2022
    On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 3:41:16 PM UTC-7, Jos Bergervoet wrote:

    Hmm, what happened to Star Wars, actually?! We now know of
    thousands of exo-planets, are there any plans to invade them?

    Before we can draw up such plans, we would first have to have
    some means of getting _to_ them.

    And, really, now: if there were intelligent beings on other planets,
    and just after inventing our first interstellar spacecraft, we thought
    to go out and... annoy... the people living on other planets, would we
    not quickly find out that there are many other intelligent races who
    have had interstellar spacecraft for a very long time, and thus have... improved their performance characteristics?

    However, there may be _unoccupied_ explanets which we could
    settle without violating the rights of any alien beings; what would be
    wrong with that?

    As far as "what happened to Star Wars", well, there _is_ Kathleen
    Kennedy. Or, if you mean the Strategic Defense Initiative, that has
    nothing to do with planets in other solar systems.

    John Savard

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Tue Jan 25 07:32:26 2022
    On Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 8:26:50 AM UTC-7, Quadibloc wrote:
    On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 3:41:16 PM UTC-7, Jos Bergervoet wrote:

    Hmm, what happened to Star Wars, actually?! We now know of
    thousands of exo-planets, are there any plans to invade them?

    Before we can draw up such plans, we would first have to have
    some means of getting _to_ them.

    And, furthermore, the James Webb Space Telescope was launched
    by the *United States of America*!

    Now, I know if you go far enough back into its distant past, one can
    find some regrettable episodes involving countries like Guatemala.

    But the United States is a democracy; its military strength has not gone
    into conquest, but into defending the peaceful countries against which
    tyrants try to commit aggression!

    Look at how it saved Europe in two World Wars. How, in the Cold War,
    it kept the Soviet Union from extending its power beyond Eastern Europe.
    How it defended South Korea, and attempted to defend South Vietnam,
    from invasion.

    In fact, just look at today's headlines - where the United States is
    opposing (but perhaps not firmly enough) the threats Russia is making
    against the Ukraine, which had the temerity to overthrow a dictator who
    was one of Putin's cronies.

    John Savard

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  • From Jos Bergervoet@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Tue Jan 25 22:25:41 2022
    On 22/01/25 4:32 PM, Quadibloc wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 8:26:50 AM UTC-7, Quadibloc wrote:
    On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 3:41:16 PM UTC-7, Jos Bergervoet wrote:

    Hmm, what happened to Star Wars, actually?! We now know of
    thousands of exo-planets, are there any plans to invade them?

    Before we can draw up such plans, we would first have to have
    some means of getting _to_ them.

    And, furthermore, the James Webb Space Telescope was launched
    by the *United States of America*!

    So that's settled then! They already have Elon Musk, and we know the
    current US president's strong preference for military engagement, so
    watch out Aliens: they're coming!

    --
    Jos

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Jos Bergervoet on Tue Jan 25 14:07:49 2022
    On Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 2:25:48 PM UTC-7, Jos Bergervoet wrote:

    So that's settled then! They already have Elon Musk, and we know the
    current US president's strong preference for military engagement, so
    watch out Aliens: they're coming!

    President of the United States
    Current officeholder:
    Joseph Robinette Biden

    He doesn't look like a militaristic warmonger during his televised
    appearances.

    Of course, the United States is currently dealing with two adversaries,
    Russia and China, who are both engaged in making military threats
    against democratic countries - the Ukraine and Taiwan respectively -
    from which it appears nothing short of the threat of military force will
    deter them. However, I fail to see how that's the fault of the United
    States.

    John Savard

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  • From Chris L Peterson@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jan 25 15:28:45 2022
    On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 07:26:48 -0800 (PST), Quadibloc
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 3:41:16 PM UTC-7, Jos Bergervoet wrote:

    Hmm, what happened to Star Wars, actually?! We now know of
    thousands of exo-planets, are there any plans to invade them?

    Before we can draw up such plans, we would first have to have
    some means of getting _to_ them.

    How about a war of memes? Send them the Republican platform, along
    with a bunch of manipulative one-liners. They might then destroy
    themselves without our needing to get there at all!

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  • From Michael F. Stemper@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Wed Jan 26 08:11:09 2022
    On 25/01/2022 09.32, Quadibloc wrote:
    On Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 8:26:50 AM UTC-7, Quadibloc wrote:
    On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 3:41:16 PM UTC-7, Jos Bergervoet wrote:

    Hmm, what happened to Star Wars, actually?! We now know of
    thousands of exo-planets, are there any plans to invade them?

    Before we can draw up such plans, we would first have to have
    some means of getting _to_ them.

    And, furthermore, the James Webb Space Telescope was launched
    by the *United States of America*!
    That's right; we have totally pwned the European Space Agency.

    --
    Michael F. Stemper
    Psalm 94:3-6

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  • From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Michael F. Stemper on Wed Jan 26 14:08:02 2022
    On Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 7:11:22 AM UTC-7, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
    On 25/01/2022 09.32, Quadibloc wrote:

    And, furthermore, the James Webb Space Telescope was launched
    by the *United States of America*!

    That's right; we have totally pwned the European Space Agency.

    Oops. Indeed, that's true - it was launched on an Ariane rocket down in
    Costa Rica. Well, it was launched on behalf of the United States of America
    at least, and of course the European Union, like the United States of America, is democratic and has no aggressive designs towards anyone.

    John Savard

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