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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. Maybe we should involve... by ooby · · Score: 5, Funny

    ZZ Top

  2. Re:China, Russia and the Space Race by Patrik_AKA_RedX · · Score: 5, Funny
    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?
    Well, the Native American were the first people on your continent too. So we'll follow your example and let you build up a nice base and then we'll come and sell you some blankets with some neat virus as secret bonus.
  3. Home on Lagrange by sshore · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh give me a locus
    Where the gravitons focus
    Where the three-body problem is solved
    Where the microwaves play
    Down at 3 degrees K
    And the cold virus never evolved

    Home, home on Lagrange,
    Where the space debris always collects,
    We possess, so it seems, two of Man's greatest dreams,
    Solar power and zero-gee sex.

    (to the tune of "Home on the range")