A person referred to as the 'SpaceX leader' says that within 100 years we could colonize Mars with one million people. The article says it would take 10,000 flights. That would be within the time frame of Stephen Hawking's warning that we need to evacuate Earth by the year 2100. Perhaps if they are ahead of schedule, they could do rescue missions to Earth, to save as many people as they can ...and the people already on Mars, as was suggested in the article, could go 'planet hopping' to find new potential colony sites. The plan, admittedly will be expensive, but we could help pay for it by doubling the amount of solar panels on the wall between the U.S. and Mexico ...and perhaps also suggest it to the Chinese, for the Great Wall. But, we have to be careful that Russia doesn't interfere. Also, since only the filthy rich could afford the best living arrangements on Mars, they would need designated 'workers'. (Not slave labor, but indentured servants.) You have to agree that the Earth is unstable, and would have to put in writing that you are grateful to work for these rich people who are willing to take you along to save your life. But, you have to be more than just a hard worker ...you have to be stupid too, to go along with this. Unless a bunch of you are real smart, and once on Mars, you could stage an overthrow of the society there. You have to be confident that you'd succeed though ...or you may find yourself behind Mars bars.  Unless you escape ...but you'll always be on the run, with no safe place within the Milky Way.  If you get as far as Saturn, give me a ring ...maybe I can help plan a revolution, but for Saturn that would take over 29 years.

I've read that they are selecting (by qualification ...likely money??) the 50 men and 50 women who they are going to take on the first mission.  They could paint over a scrubbed Soviet module ...and cheaply fly their 'Mars One' mission to crash in North Korea. Their hoax would be safe ...because any survivors, wouldn't be. Of course, after they collect your millions of dollars for the mission they could tape a joyous celebration of the landing ...sound only, as they could claim they had problems with the video portion.  Every three days a spaceship would have to take off carrying 100 people ...and if they each had to pay a million dollars apiece, that would be 100,000,000 dollars per flight.  And if my figures are correct, that would be 12 billion per year.

Oh, forget it ...the government is much more efficient with ripping us off.  Instead of 'Mars One', let's stick with the Interspace Rocket Ship (IRS) ...or let them do the sticking.

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Not trying to give you a history lesson ...but, I was just reflecting. It was 40 years ago that I graduated from college. I had to take four college requirement classes that I remember.

One was American Thought and Literature ...and there were some strange things I had to read. Today, I just watch the national news.

Another class was Social Studies ...and I thought parts of that were interesting, when I heard some professors tell of how tricky (or deceitful) our government was. Today, that doesn't excite me ...as it is rather commonplace.

The other two classes were Natural Science, and Math. I was good at Math, so my interest seemed to translate into Natural Science ...to watch it all add up.

We studied 'Evolution' ...and I found it very interesting, until I concluded that it is not compatible with what God reveals to us in the Bible. I know some people feel it is compatible, but like I said, with my math brain, it just doesn't add up.

If one believes our world began with animals, and no humans ...can we humanly say we are more civilized today, when the bragging rights for 'most civilized' is tainted largely by rising intellects who argue the case for less civilized behavior?

Yes, we should treat animals well ...but that is not the same as defending those very aspirations. If you believe we evolved, then you'd also have to admit there are periods of de-evolution, and theoretically cockroaches and viruses could be dominant. (Or a computer virus, and one who smokes a roach.)

I believe that a slight backward direction is not de-evolution, but sin. And more accurately devil-lution. Without God, what spirit fills us with hopelessness and lies?? Hopelessness elevates the celebration of participation in violent activism. It may begin as an agreed upon point, but then it needs to shout louder ...and finds its only self-righteous recourse in destructive attention-getting sentinel events.

Pray for our entire world to accept the truth of the Bible, and the wisdom to know what direction and what peaceful measures it needs to begin to cleanse not so much our outer environment, but our inner being. Yes, that direction is Jesus ...yes, I said it outright, and it also came out right.  Just thought you wouldn't mind getting a small boost in the right direction.

And thanks for any prayers sent my way!!