Where do we go after this?

A couple of years ago the American Space Administration decided to stop the space program and stop sending astronauts into space. Was this a good idea or should we be pushing astronauts further into space rather than grounding them indefinitely?

We are by comparison a tiny ball in space. Floating around on our own little orbit among billions of other stars and planets and moons and suns. Do the American Space Administration think that as soon as all the possible inhabitable space on this planet are "inhabited", they can just jump into a space shuttle and fly to the nearest planet and start building? At the rate the earth is being consumed by its inhabitants, it won't be very long before we have completely over populated it. remember we do need more agricultural space the more people we need to feed. So you can't just say "well we have a lot of fields we can build houses on". Because those fields are our sustenance. Medical breakthroughs although amazing, unfortunately are the reason why our planet is being over populated. More people are living to an older age, more babies are being saved in childbirth and infancy, more people are surviving major catastrophes around the world because our response times are faster and the equipment we use is far more advanced. There are numerous reasons as to why our planet will over populate and we are just getting started as far as technology is concerned. I suspect that we are on the brink of some "Huge" scientific breakthroughs in the 21st and 22nd centuries.

We "will" need to seek habitation elsewhere,
 so take this as a kick up the arse all you people in the know and get the exploration stepped up a click from Mars rovers and find a way to put pilots in space in "Crafts" not rockets. Let them decide where they want to go. We have the technology to build them. We can fuel them for further exploration from the International space station (which should have been built on the moon by the way). We are able to produce dehydrated rations that last for years. So food isn't a problem. All we need is a company that's willing to build it and a crew that have no Earthly commitments with the balls to go for it. If we had a method of creating liquid nitrogen that was portable for added fuel whilst in flight and a life support system to generate fresh air to breath.
Or maybe we don't have a government anywhere in the world that's willing to take on the expense. So why not get them all to chip in? After all, they would all benefit from it wouldn't they? Or maybe there's too many people that don't believe that science fiction becomes science fact? Jules Verne would disagree with you.
As do I.
Well here's an update!! I think I said in this post in december 2012 that our "International Space Station should have been built on the moon? Well low and behold, "three Years Later!" We have an anouncement on the TV, that Russia and the european Space Agency or someone, is planning to build a Station on the moon. Why has it taken these so called brilliant scientists so long to realise it's the best idea, when I a mere soldier thought of it years ago? lol Cracks me up to think that even the brightest minds really aren't so switched on as much as we'd think. If you had built the station on the moon years ago "morons" you'd have saved a few hundred billion dollars and you'd already have astronaughts travelling beyond the moon dumb asses......

A poem to think about

Then it Ends

 

The lives we live with dreams so bold

Our secrets hidden and never told

We love, we hate, we muddle through

In hope that someday it all comes true.

 

The love we share it rarely ends

If true, then happiness it sends

To all who find the peace they need

It blossoms and grows from very small seed

 

We take for granted so much in life

The ups and downs, The trouble and strife

We take it and fake it till all is done

Then its over, its finished,

 It's GONE!!

 

Estevez Deep

 



Dating for men of a certain age

The Dilemma

Has anyone used a dating site and had a trouble and stress free experience?
Over the past 6yrs I've tried a few of these sites to no avail. I've come to the conclusion that if you're a single male of a certain age (lets say over 45) and you prefer a slightly younger woman (lets say around 30ish), your chances of success are pretty low.

The Minefield

There are a number of reasons for the Dilemma and each one is a mine thats easily tripped.

The first mine is your age. Obviously there are a few ladies out there that do actually prefer an older man, but they are few and far between. most ladies in their 30's just say they do because they want to see if we really do look after them better than the "young studs". An admirable excuse but rarely permanent, because once we gentlemen get to a certain age, we tend not to put up with too much of the girlyness of a 30yr old in the 21st century. Sexy and vivacious yes, 30yr old schoolgirl no.

Mine number 2 are the gold diggers around the world. Hundreds of women in their 20's and 30's from all over the world, saying they want to be your love. Its tedious when you know that all they want is your email address and evenyually your money. And most of them are so obvious, but mind drainingly depressing.

Then you have the biggest minefield, the men posing as women just so they can have a laugh at the misery of some very lonely and sometimes very frustrated people.

The solution

Well there are a few. can you think of any foolproof ones apart from the one I took and just give up? I'd be interested to hear any.