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The Case for the Moon
apsmith writes "Continuing the flurry of recent hearings on the future of humans in space, a Senate committee on Thursday heard testimony in favor of a return to the Moon. Former senator and moon-walker Harrison Schmitt and physicist David Criswell see the lunar surface as an immense energy resource, just waiting to be tapped. Astronomer Roger Angel sees the lunar south pole as the ideal astronomical observatory, with locations for telescopes 100 times better than anything we've done so far. And geologist Paul Spudis sees a lot of unfinished business on the Moon, to develop it as the "feedstock of an industrial space infrastructure." TransOrbital also sent written testimony."
This persecution of the moon must stop.
Even the combined historical damage of tides, werewolves and lunacy cannot justify our behaviour towards our misunderstood neighbor.
Let us hear its case.
lysergically yours
Sure, no problem. Just run a power line from there to here.
C'mon man - the cheese. What about the cheese. Geez.
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We really went to the moon the first time?
.....is well put at this website.
Je fume. Tu fumes. Nous fûmes!
For those that would die defending it, Freedom
has a sweet taste that the protected will never know.
When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project, it took the astronauts to a Navajo reservation in Arizona for training. One day, a Navajo elder and his son came across the space crew walking among the rocks.
The elder, who spoke only Navajo, asked a question. His son translated for the NASA people: "What are these guys in the big suits doing?"
One of the astronauts said that they were practicing for a trip to the moon. When his son relayed this comment the Navajo elder got all excited and asked if it would be possible to give to the astronauts a message to deliver to the moon.
Recognizing a promotional opportunity when he saw one, a NASA official accompanying the astronauts said, "Why certainly!" and told an underling to get a tape recorder. The Navajo elder's comments into the microphone were brief. The NASA official asked the son if he would translate what his father had said. The son listened to the recording and laughed uproariously. But he refused to translate.
So the NASA people took the tape to a nearby Navajo village and played it for other members of the tribe. They too laughed long and loudly but also refused to translate the elder's message to the moon. Finally, an official government translator was summoned. After he finally stopped laughing the translator relayed the message: "Watch out for these assholes. They have come to steal your land."
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That reminds me... I need lottery tickets!
For those that would die defending it, Freedom
has a sweet taste that the protected will never know.
Forget about energy, resources, or research.
You know everyone just wants to be able to get laid in zero G!
hell, maybe we should have mentioned this back when clinton was still president....
"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms,
Earth First! (We can mine the other planets later.)
Seriously, has anyone given any thought to NOT fucking with the moon? I'm reminded of that episode of The Tick, where Chairface Chippendale carves his name into the moon with a giant laser.
I don't know where you've been, but I was building microwave transmission power plants in every single one of my Sim Cities years ago. They worked like a charm. And with Distasters turned off, I can proudly report 0 accidents across dozens of cities, over hundreds of years. A simple model that the U.S. and other industrialized nations would be wise to follow...
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Yes, because Europe has never had any enemies. Nope, no-siree! Well, except for those two World Wars. But until then nothing! Just peace! Oh, but there were the romans, and galls, and crusades, and Napoleon, and Hrm.. But at least the English and French have always gotten along! Except for those hundred years wars...
But at least there have been no big wars within the last 50 years and everybody now loves each other! That's right. I went there. Silly Americans. Why can't they see Europe as the land of peace and tranquility that it is? It's so much nicer being pretentious euro-trash.
(Oh, and 'sheep' *is* plural, no 's' needed).
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"
- Charles Darwin
Amazing. This person is more on track than off track. And yet you W nazi boys will mod down anything the least bit critical of your feuhuer.
From the stories I've heard of Dutch tv, they've got plenty of sheep over there in Europe. Many with plenty of european DNA in them too.
Stupid dislike of breeder reactors is holding back our progress, definitely.
Sincerely,
Iran and North Korea
When Apollo Mission Astronaut Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, he not only gave his famous "One small step for man; one giant leap for mankind" statement, but followed it by several remarks, including the usual COM traffic between him, the other astronauts, and Mission Control. Before he re-entered the lander, he made the enigmatic remark "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky."
Many people at NASA thought it was a casual remark concerning some rival Soviet Cosmonaut. However, upon checking, [they found] there was no Gorsky in either the Russian or American space programs.
Over the years, many people have questioned him as to what the "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky" statement meant. On July 5, in Tampa Bay, FL, while answering questions following a speech, a reporter brought up the 26- year-old question to Armstrong. He finally responded. It seems that Mr. Gorsky had died and so Armstrong felt he could answer the question. When he was a kid, Neil was playing baseball with his brother in the backyard. His brother hit a fly ball which landed in front of his neighbors' bedroom window. The neighbors were Mr. and Mrs. Gorksy. As he leaned down to pick up the ball, he heard Mrs. Gorsky shouting at Mr. Gorsky, "Oral sex? Oral sex you want? You'll get oral sex when the kid next door walks on the moon!"
For more details: snopes.com
A speech...
Oh really? Then why did we build a space station? Because there is oil in the vaccuum of space? Because we thought we could make oil on a space station. What a troll. Go stick your head underwater until you stop moving.
Rectennas? Didn't Cartman have one of those?