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Buzz Advocates Lagrange Point Spaceport

Posted by michael on from the shipping-and-receiving dept.

thrasymachus writes "Buzz Aldrin has an editorial in the New York Times (free reg req) advocating a spaceport at a Lagrange point between the Earth and the moon over simply more moon missions. He emphasizes the cost and practicality of such a station, as well its potential as a 'bridge to the heavens.'"

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  1. Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Good idea but you can't explore as much in a point in space. On the other hand, if we start building stuff on the moon we will probably get into a whole "territorial fight" with other countries and wind up killing ourselves because the weapons we used on the moon somehow changed its orbit. Thus allowing the earth to fall into natural disaster chaos.

  2. Re:A bridge to the heavens is inaccurate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And once again we see why religion is evil.

    Claiming there is only one way true religion is exactly why this world is so screwed up.

    And while we're on the topic, The Vatican is hardly a role model for ethical behavior.

  3. Re:China, Russia and the Space Race by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    If you do not think there will be legal battles in the future over space property, you are truly shortsighted. China's space program will not forever be in its infancy, neither will the Russians space program, or any other future countries space program.

    I don't see the problem. The US was the first to land men on the moon, therefore it belongs to the US. Why is that so complicated for the rest of the world to understand? If you don't like it then tough. We'll just shoot down your rockets if you try to colonize the moon without our permission.

  4. Bridge to the Heavens??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Do people have any fucking clue about how far everything around us is? We will likely NEVER actually travel in any sort of pratical timeline to anything remotely interesting. Getting halfway to the moon would be the least of our worries. Fuck off with your 'knowledge' humans, bring on the true King.

  5. I have no taste. by Chris+Burke · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    After the explosion of the Stranger In A Strange Land III interplanetary shuttle...

    NASA = "Need Another Seventy Astronauts"

    Sorry, but bad humor will live forever.

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