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Back to Moon in 2015?
Mistress.Erin writes "NASA has announced they may send astronauts back to the moon as early as 2015, and may build an international base once they get there. From TFA:"The next mission to land a man on the moon will take place in 2015 at the earliest, the new chief of the United States' space program said on Monday, adding the mission could be followed by the construction of a multinational space station there. But NASA has not yet decided what vehicles will be used to reach the moon, or what will succeed the aging space shuttle fleet, which is due to be retired in 2010.""
I've also decided to go on a huge roadtrip in 2015, but I too have no idea how I'll get there... Nor do I know what I'm going to do with my current vehicle (a 1975 Honda civic) once it is scheduled to be retired (2010 at the latest). But don't you worry, I'll manage to pull it off somehow... ;)
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Programming is like sex... Make one mistake and support it the rest of your life.
But still, is there anything on the moon that we can use/do that would be cool
The coolest thing would be that everyone can do the moonwalk. Awesome!
Free XBox, PS2
"Today the moon, tomorrow the universe"
Or
Today the Moon, 45 years from now the Moon again...
Hmmm... you got me thinking of the perfect person would could send to the moon
To paraphrase
We don't know how we're going to get there or do what we want to do once we get there, but by god, we're going.
Great., NASA is run by PHBs.
Mod me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!
No! You need to take one of those cement mixers, and build it out of that. You can then travel to the moon to bring back all the junk left there, and recycle it.
Hmmm. Sounds like a good idea for a TV program...
Who would win this election: Andrew Weiner vs Andrew Weiner's weiner.
the Earth is more likely to be hit, but the Earth has a dense atmosphere that burns up most of what hits it and therefore offers protection... the moon has no such protection... even a small rock (or other debris) could do major damage to a person or even a base on the moon...
/wonders how many at NASA are reading this and thinking 'uh oh'
But, of course, I'm sure they've thought of that and will prepare accordingly...
Great Spirits have always encountered violent opposition from Mediocre Minds - A. Einstein
Why by 2015 we'll all have hover cars, and space travel will be commen place. We'll also have Robot slaves that will strike us down and enslave us later that year. Or Monkeys... Either one.
I heard there was oil on the dark side of the moon...