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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. but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    but will the station run debian?

    that would be nice.

  2. Ha! by swordboy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Queue: ZZ TOP

    Rumour spreadin' a-'round in that Texas town
    'bout that shack outside La Grange
    And you know what I'm talkin' about.
    Just let me know if you wanna go
    To that home out on the range.
    They gotta lotta nice girls.

    Have mercy.
    A haw, haw, haw, haw, a haw.
    A haw, haw, haw.

    Well, I hear it's fine if you got the time
    And the ten to get yourself in.
    A hmm, hmm.
    And I hear it's tight most ev'ry night,
    But now I might be mistaken.
    Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm.

    --

    Life is the leading cause of death in America.
  3. but... by d_i_r_t_y · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    man hope they run debian.

    that would be nice.

  4. A bridge to the heavens is inaccurate by Adam+Rightmann · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    While I'm certainly in favor of a large scale rampup of the American manned space program, including colonies on the Moon, and on Mars for a variety of reasons (getting humanity off the Earth, spreading American ideals of human rights, equality and economic freedom, and gaining the military high ground to secure American freedoms against Oriental expansion), calling L5 a bridge to heavens is inaccurate, it may be a poetic metaphor, but I expect better of our level headed engineer trained astronauts.

    There is only one Heaven, and you get there by following the True Church. So, let's just call L5 a bridge to the continued Pax Americana (which, to be true, is close to a heaven on Earth, for those who like freedom, equality, liberty and guns).

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

      YHBT. YHL. HAND.

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

      I know I shouldn't respond to the troll, but...

      You're a moron. The term "heavens" (or similar) was used to refer to the sky and outer space before the Vatican existed.

  5. debian goes extraterrestrial by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i hear they will be running debian/GNEW linux on the spacestation too.

  6. Re:I pay my taxes knowingly and willingly by bfree · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You better watch out, you just posted on /. that you have a hideous record on the front of performing your civic duty of paying taxes, the taxman is coming!

    Seriously, this indicates the role society plays in interpreting language. Only someone who understands that the most Americans view politics as a straightforward battle between 2 parties could ever interpret the parent post as intended. It also illustrates the sort of nightmares any attempts at computerised natural language processing will have.

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    Never underestimate the dark side of the Source