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NOT everyone is convinced that the first-ever landing on a comet by the European probe Philae marks a high point in man's quest to discover the origins of the solar system.
READ: Probe lands on comet in space first: ESA
A Fin24 user who wishes to remain anonymous writes:
It really makes me sick to read another article about this comet probe 500 million kilometres from the earth, where we all know there is nothing but empty space and a few rocks floating around.
READ: Comet scientists take break after Philae landing
In the small town near where I live we have a hostel and a school for very special children. They are healthy and sleep in a nice warm hostel, and some are very bright.
The facilities can handle 65 young minds and bodies from grades 1 to 5 plus a few little ones who enter there when they are four and five years old. We never discuss why they are there, for their protection and not to remind them; they need a lot of love and can return love in equal measure.
For a fraction of the comet's cost (waste?) we can build a high school; so many disappear to wherever, whatever life allocates them when they have to leave here after grade 5.
In town we have many old people with vast experience and lots of love to give, but very little money. They are all willing to help the school for a few extra shillings to supplement their old age grants. Everyone will make time available on a voluntary basis.
We have enough vacant land at reasonable prices to build the school and some cottages for the children in a garden-like development where we can teach them about the earth and plants, and to work it in their off times. The old folks will assist.
The cottages can be built using power from the wind and sun (we have both aplenty) and would have lots of fruit trees and veggie patches for the young minds.
We need a fraction of the billions wasted on bogus comet research.
Come on world! Do something for these kids and our senior citizens. I don’t want anything - put the money in a trust and have it audited as you want; the building phase won’t cost a lot and after that we only need the running costs.
Our elderly ones will shower the young ones with love while they are teaching them so they can stay with us until at least through matriculation, thus giving them a chance to face the world when they are better equipped than being forced to leave us after grade 5.
Leave the comets alone. They will stay where they are and don’t need the human race fiddling around the space they find themselves in.
Get in touch with me about the young ones.
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