"there are new worlds out there to explore, to seek the unknowns of the universe is to seek truth, when that truth is found, new truths await in the shadows beyond." - SpookyZalost (me)

the militarization of space is not going to happen, not without breaking the space treaty of 1969

as for nasa, I am disappointed because in all this time they could have done something other than sending people up to a space station, like, why not build a space dock, use those unmanned probes to mine asteroids for resources which would significantly reduce cost, maybe use the ISS as a stepping stone?

instead they send probes, they left the moon alone thinking it was just a dead rock, and any mars missions were scrubbed, and why? because things took a turn for the worse here on our tiny island in this vast sea of stars, famine, war, overpopulation, just to name a few.

priorities shifted, and people began forgetting about the dream, to reach out beyond that blue blue sky and say, HEY, WE EXIST! WE ARE HERE AND READY FOR WHAT COMES NEXT!

honestly they don't need to build a large base on mars, or the moon for that matter, like the dwarves of myth living underground provides the most economic and long lasting solution, there are even HUGE lava caves that look like they were cut with plasma!

so yeah, I'm a bit disappointed, nasa isn't really reaching for anything more meaningful than looking at worlds which take years to reach with robots, I truly hope groups like virgin galactic, the space mining company here out of golden colorado, and other groups like space X, and whatnot, can really push things along in terms of stepping outside the fence and into the fields beyond, because if the government wont, and commerce won't, then who will? certainly not us everyday citizens, not yet!

hi, I'm a single, geeky, highly intelligent guy, with next to no experience in dating and such... but I really would like to find somebody, anyway just saying hi, and I hope to get to know some nice people through this site.