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  1. Xref: sparky alt.rush-limbaugh:12360 talk.politics.space:1622 sci.space:18326
  2. Newsgroups: alt.rush-limbaugh,talk.politics.space,sci.space
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU!CSD-NewsHost!jmc
  4. From: jmc@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy)
  5. Subject: Re: Justification for the Space Program
  6. In-Reply-To: tyersome@cavebear.Berkeley.EDU's message of 29 Dec 1992 02:07:12 GMT
  7. Message-ID: <JMC.92Dec28192905@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
  8. Sender: news@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU
  9. Reply-To: jmc@cs.Stanford.EDU
  10. Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
  11. References: <1992Dec18.191837.11025@cs.rochester.edu> <18DEC199221562125@judy.uh.edu>
  12.     <1992Dec23.110509.22141@ke4zv.uucp> <1hobsgINN3b1@agate.berkeley.edu>
  13. Distribution: usa, world
  14. Date: 28 Dec 92 19:29:05
  15. Lines: 7
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  17. Let me add to the previous post the estimate that the total amount of
  18. matter humanity has processed in its history is less than 10^12 tons.
  19. --
  20. John McCarthy, Computer Science Department, Stanford, CA 94305
  21. *
  22. He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense.
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