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Worldwide Focus On Going To The Moon
MojoT writes "There's an interesting piece over at Space.com regarding the current renewed interest in returning to the Moon. Quoting: 'Earth's scuffed up and trampled Moon is once again targeted for high- tech visitors. Robotic spacecraft from several nations, as well as NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense, will be first to chalk up lunar return mileage.'"
Hell yeah. Just what we need.
A frickin' Moon Base!
Dragging people kicking and screaming into reality since 1996.
Man always wondered if the moon was made out of cheese.
In 1969 man landed on the moon, and found out it was not cheese.
Since then, no one has returned.
Behold the power of cheese.
Are we now going back to double check our findings?
... This time when setting up the soundstage, add a little color, hell maybe even have them pixar guys whip up a couple of "aliens" ... because we all know that going to the moon and aliens are part of a governmental conspiracy ... And that the moon is just part of a "Death Star" with a giant "Laser" ... next you'll tell me there's plans to go to mars, I would argue that mars doesn't even exist!
Ignore the "p2p is theft" trolls, they're just uninformed
Of course NASA wants to get a robot up there. It'll be on an important mission...
It's got to go stick a flag in the ground and stamp out some fake footprints.
Man1: I wonder if we're goin' to the first moon or the second moon.
Man2: WHAT second moon? You're drunk.
Man1: No, I read it on Slashdot. Slashdot says there's a second moon. There might even be a third.
Man2: (drags man1 out through the back door and points at the sky) What is that?
Man1: The moon.
Man2: Do ya see any other moons up there?
Man1: No.
Man2: But you're going to believe there are a bunch of other moons because some crackhead Web site told you so? (man1 looks perplexed, but doesn't say anything, so man2 grabs his drink and guzzles it) Come on, let's go to a nudie bar. There's lotsa moonin' there, but no more drinking for you!
(* So we may yet uncover that weird black monolith under the Moon's surface. I had assumed that NASA already discovered it, but chose to tell us the Moon was a boring, desolate place to divert our interest... *)
Monoliths *are* boring.
"Interesting" would be alien chicks with 6 breasts and an attraction to geeks.
Table-ized A.I.
It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)
.. the next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt .45 and a .38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
Free Anne Tomlinson!!
Becuase, the tan you get on your vacation will never go away.
I can just imagine Barney's words on the training video.
"Okay kiddies, if you hear the 'Solar Flare Alarm', swallow the big yellow pill right away. That way you'll die quickly, instead of hours of fits of convulsions, and liquids oozing out of every orifice, before you finally snap your own spine. Have a wonderful trip!"
Slashdot gets worse every day... Pipedot: News for nerds, without the corporate slant
1) Learn to spell.
2) Moon rocks are not good enough for you? 3 dead astronauts in ground based accident is not enough? Technology and miles of footage not good enough?
How about the nuclear bomb? I find it kinda strange the INCREDIBLE odds that were beaten in order to blow up two cities. There's no proof today of them having blown up! Just some faked pictures!
I also don't believe in Japan. All I've ever heard are second hand rumors and faked pictures. I don't think there is a Japan.
It's very sad when people think like you. It's a kind of helplessness, a kind of cynicism, a belief that humans can't achieve much. It's the same kind of sad reasoning that goes into the 'aliens built the pyramids' theories. A case of racial low self-esteem or something. Beats me. Just because you can't grasp technology, doesn't mean others can't.
Without the Van Allen radiation belts...
Van Allen's radiation pants would fall down.
(Yeah, it's off topic, but it had to be said).
-- Terry
Congratulations! You have been chosen to be an explorer on NASA's maiden voyage to Jupiter. All expenses paid!
Then we stick them in a ship run by WindowsXP, DRM and Trusted Computing hardware ("It looks like you're trying to replicate a sandwich. Your replicator is secure. To unlock it, please register by calling..."). If they ever do reach Jupiter, they'll be flattened and we'll be free of spam. I really put way too much thought into this.