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Bush's Space Panel Seeks Public Input

Posted by timothy on from the earth-tax-dollars-lost-in-space dept.

brandido writes "Space.com is reporting that Bush's space panel is seeking public input on the effort to return to the Moon and then reach Mars. From the article: "President Bush's new space advisory commission for getting humans to the Moon and Mars has launched a web site seeking public input with the promise of reading all comments." The article provides a link to the website for Bush's Space Panel, but it does not provide a direct link to the site for sending comments. I personally think we should use a Martian Space Elevator to further our exploration of Mars."

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  1. Space Elevator? by MrRTFM · · Score: 3, Funny

    I personally think we should use a Martian Space Elevator to further our exploration of Mars.

    Or how about a direct cable elevator from earth to mars - yeh, that would work

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  2. Declare war on them. by arcite · · Score: 3, Funny

    We know they have WMDs. (hello! all that Radiation doesn't just fall out of the sky! they are hiding something)

    Soon all martians and moonmen will know what it is to live in a democracy (whether they like it or not!)

    ~note all in jest.

  3. More Info by CleverNickedName · · Score: 5, Funny
    The Onion (www.theonion.com) has the full story:

    Majority Of Americans Thought We Already Had A Moon Base WASHINGTON, DC--A

    NASA poll conducted to gauge support for President Bush's space-exploration initiative revealed that a depressing 57 percent of Americans believe that the U.S. already has a research base on the moon. "We put that international space-station thing up there in the '60s," phone-poll respondent Randy Snow said. "It might be on Mars, but I think it's the moon--wherever they have the golf course that President Kennedy played on. Remember, the Cubans tried to take it over?" NASA officials said they hope someday to make Americans' perception a reality.

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  4. Space Race by theonetruekeebler · · Score: 4, Funny

    We just have to get there before the Taliban does. I'll go ahead and call this an open schedule.

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  5. Re:European endeavors by drooling-dog · · Score: 3, Funny
    I wouldn't discount the "major competitor" side of things!

    It helps if the competitor is a sworn enemy, like the good old days during the cold war. We'll need another few years of Bush before Europe achieves that status...