ocelot said:
Those LIBERAL astronauts!
And golly-gawsh PaleHose, you sound EXACTLY like Manson. You (like he) STILL haven't proved the infamous Volcano claim.
Again what part is confusing you ???? Nobody says their isnt damage thats the only thing the astronauts are showing ...what is causing that damage is what is up for debate. They mention deforesting which I am sure dosent help but thats not even going on in the US for the most part ...not anymore anyways . If you read up on Deforestry its highest rate is going on around the equator in 3rd world country's that have been asked to stop but wont ....what do you want to do about that please explian ? I will even give you their side and you can start from there . These country's claim that America Europe and others already developed their lands and the deforestation is pretty much done for them ...they on the other hand are begining to develope their nations and dont find it fair that we should tell them to stop ...now go get em !
Gee Ocelot guess you will have to argue that out with Clint Bowman, an atmospheric physicist
or
A Gallup poll of scientists from the Meteorological Society and American Geophysical Society asked...."Are human actions causing global warming?" The results = A whopping 83% said NO.
I would love to see you debate them , but until than I will go with the Physicist over the Ocelot ... just call me crazy I guess. :mj07:
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Commander Eileen Collins said astronauts on shuttle Discovery had seen widespread environmental destruction on Earth and warned on Thursday that greater care was needed to protect natural resources.
Her comments came as NASA pondered whether to send astronauts out on an extra spacewalk to repair additional heat-protection damage on the first shuttle mission since the 2003 Columbia disaster.
Discovery is linked with the International Space Station and orbiting 220 miles above the Earth.
"Sometimes you can see how there is erosion, and you can see how there is deforestation. It's very widespread in some parts of the world," Collins said in a conversation from space with Japanese officials in Tokyo, including Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
"We would like to see, from the astronauts' point of view, people take good care of the Earth and replace the resources that have been used," said Collins, who was standing with Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi in front of a Japanese flag and holding a colorful fan.
Collins, flying her fourth shuttle mission, said the view from space made clear that Earth's atmosphere must be protected, too.
"The atmosphere almost looks like an eggshell on an egg, it's so very thin," she said. "We know that we don't have much air, we need to protect what we have."
