We could have been to Saturn in the 70's and have had a moon base... ... at the expense of having no functional artificial satellites and more cancer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_%28nuclear_propulsion%29There's still a chance to send an unmanned ship to another star though (as long as someone is willing to pay up): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Longshot
"Batman is only meaningful as an answer to a world which in its basics is chaotic and in the hands of the wrong people, where no justice can be found. I think it's very suitable to our perception of the world's condition today... Batman embodies the will to resist evil" -Frank Miller
"Conan, what's the meaning of life?" "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!" -Conan the Barbarian
"Well, yeah." -Jason E. Perkins
"If I had a dime for every time Pariah was right about something I'd owe twenty cents." -Ultimate Jaburg53
"Fair enough. I defer to your expertise." -Prometheus
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