RE: starship-design: Re: Bugs again

[Zenon Kulpa <zkulpa@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl>]

> From: Bjorn Nilsson <f96bni@student.tdb.uu.se>
> 
> On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, L. Parker wrote:
> 
> > Bjorn,
> > 
> > > And the more you guys keep talking about the dangers of setling 
> > > a "live" terran planet the more I wanna go there...
> > 
> > I want to go also, I just don't want to die on the shores of some 
> > alien sea while a bug I can't even see turns my insides into jelly...
> 
> Well, _I_ would be willing to take that chance. Heck I'd even go if it was
> certain that I'd die within a day or two. And I'm sure lots of other
> people will, 
>
No way, because Kelly will stop you, Bjorn.
He even once stated that it will be better to kill you 
rather than to allow you making such abhorrent deed...


> after all you can do a lot of research in a few days if you
> know what you're looking for... Maybe if the first ones to go are willing
> to make that sacrifice the ppl coming next can protect themselves.
>
> PS: Millions of ppl are sacrificed in wars at least once per century, why
> shouldn't we be prepared to sacrifice a few 1000's on something eternaly
> more worthwhile???
> 
Again, because Kelly will stop you...

Maybe, instead of quarreling with Kelly again on this issue,
I finally can sit down comfortably in my computer chair
and watch you quarreling with him?   ;-))

Good luck,

-- Zenon