Marty_d Posted August 30, 2018 Posted August 30, 2018 I'm reading a sci-fi novel, "Titan" by Stephen Baxter. General plot is that NASA in the 1980's is being crippled by conservative anti-science politics in the US, so with the remaining hardware they have (shuttle "Discovery", and some refurbished Saturn V's and Apollo modules) they send off 5 people on a one-way, 6 year trip to Saturn's moon Titan. What really stuck out was the incoming Republican president. An entirely disgusting human being, he immediately cut funding to all science organisations, built a wall between the US and Mexico, made all abortion illegal, started trade wars with China and Europe by raising tariffs, gutted the Environmental protection agency, and diverted rivers of money into the defence industry (including space planes - "space force", anyone?) That sounded so familiar that I had to check when Baxter had written this... it was like he'd done it this year based on the real-life villian. But in actual fact, it was published in 1997.
facthunter Posted August 31, 2018 Posted August 31, 2018 Maybe trump had it read to him and thought it a good idea.? nev
Marty_d Posted August 31, 2018 Author Posted August 31, 2018 Maybe trump had it read to him and thought it a good idea.? nev No, it wasn't produced by Fox News or Breitbart.
facthunter Posted August 31, 2018 Posted August 31, 2018 By a" miss world" contestant perhaps?. It would have to be quick to match his attention span. He's had plenty of years to have done it. He's 71 in the shade. Nev
Marty_d Posted August 31, 2018 Author Posted August 31, 2018 Judging by his own comments, I don't think he wants models (or porn stars) for their reading ability.
old man emu Posted August 31, 2018 Posted August 31, 2018 Judging by his own comments, I don't think he wants models (or porn stars) for their reading ability. And models don't seem to be able to read him.
Bruce Posted September 1, 2018 Posted September 1, 2018 Those forces were indeed there, but what amazing coincidence that it actually happened in real life. Wouldn't it be wonderful if Australia halved its military spending and helped fund NASA. Yep, this is a dream of mine.
Jerry_Atrick Posted September 1, 2018 Posted September 1, 2018 Pah.. The Simpsons foretold Trump would beat a female contender to the presidency years ago:
facthunter Posted September 2, 2018 Posted September 2, 2018 And even showed him walking down the actual staircase, years before it happened.
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