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Site for Moon Base Determined
Deinhard writes "Going hand-in-hand with the recent discussion on Moon Bases, Space.com is reporting that the perfect spot for a moon base has been found. According to the article, 'the best spot to settle on the Moon may be on the northern rim of Peary crater, close to the north pole.' What makes the location so important is that it is permanently lit, with a balmy -58 Fahrenheit (-50 C)."
and the location will be Lot 7 at Paramount studios where they filmed the moon landings.
Someone you trust is one of us.
One last thing, afore I go. The major part of the six trillion dollar debt we had going into this mess in 2001 was accumulated during the Reagan/Bush era, caused by his tax cuts. We bought prosperity on the credit plan by not paying for what we bought for over 12 years.
In 2000, we were paying about 17% of our federal tax revenue out to the holders of that debt as interest. Something over 150-250 billion a year, something like that. Add it up. Call it an average of 150 bil a year in interest on the Reagan Prosperity; 12 years; 1.8 trillion dollars. We spent yea about 2 trillion in INTEREST for the miracle; add in the 300 bil or so we spend each year during Bush (and going up fast) and we've blown 3 trillion bucks just to pay the credit card monthly payment on trickle-down tax cuts. As we cut the budget, the debt service will climb as a fraction of tax revenue in the future. How many bridges and moonbases would that have paid for?