Planet discovery boosts alien life hopes


	Planet discovery boosts alien life hopes

tabsey

11-7-2007 2:43 AM

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tabsey says:

Let's send a few ( no, all) politicians and the top 5% of the rich elite there to see how they would cope. No. Let's just send them there and forget them.

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11-7-2007 6:32 PM

suzikoh

Good idea... but send them their with all their supporters as well....

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