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Originally Posted by glend
The reactor woukd be pretty heavy but if assembled in space, and if mounted at the rear of a truss away from the habitat module there should be little to worry about. However, as proof of concept these drives should be used for non-manned probes initially, say to ferry sensor/robot packages to Europa, etc, or carry supplies to the Moon and Mars for habitate building. Why not put one on a probe to the Tau Ceti system, just 12 LYs away; many of us would still be alive when it got back. Stop thinking of the politics of nuclear power, and look at the opportunities this could represent. Our future is off this world.
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you make some sensible comments
However one the most serious problems in today's society is the disconnect between political/ethical/moral convictions and actual decisions made on an individual and communal level.
The rationalisation of greed or risk via other benefits such as profit or grand success. There is always risk in anything we do, but there is nothing like moral conviction/bearings and wisdom to temper the train wreck that humanity has become.
This is why we can have a Prime Minister in Australia who when asked how he can justify a decision to go to war when his religious beliefs were pacifist, he replied "I try to separate my personal moral and religious beliefs with my public life" (an attitude which actually fits in very well with the definition of a sociopath and borders on psychopathic behaviour)
No, I cant see how morality, ethics and politics can be removed from making decisions and attitudes.
...something to think about
Politeia (πολιτεία) is an
ancient Greek word used in Greek political thought, especially that of Plato and Aristotle. Derived from the word polis ("city-state"), it has a range of meanings, from 'the rights of citizens' to a 'form of government'.
According to Liddell and Scott's
Greek-English dictionary a meaning of politeia is "the conditions and rights of the citizen, or
citizenship", analogous to the
Latin civitas.[1]
"Politeia" ,
[2] in Greek means the community of citizens in a city / state. It should not be confused with "regime" that means "politeuma" or "Status quo" that means "kathestos"
"Politeia" is derived from both the root word Polis meaning city/state,
[4] and from the root verb "politeuomai" that means I am acting as an active citizen of the city state.
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