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NASA Policy Includes Mars, Moon Missions
TopSpin writes "The US House of Representatives passed a bill establishing NASA policy for the next two years. The bill is seen as an endorsement of President Bush's Vision for Space Exploration, including returning man to the Moon and eventually Mars. The House struggled with compromising other NASA initiatives against new manned exploration, eventually deciding to expand the budget enough to accommodate both prerogatives. The bill also endorses a servicing and repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope."
was "man" captured from the moon?
What does your Credit Report look like?
We can't return man there - that'd mean we were there to begin with.
.. the next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt .45 and a .38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.
And, as we all know, the "Moon" is a ridiculous liberal myth.
It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
This is the perfect opportunity for the United States to peak childrens interest in science and mathematics classes.
I think spelling needs some attention too.
This is the perfect opportunity for the United States to peak childrens interest in science and mathematics
and english.
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
"The bill is seen as an endorsement of President Bush's Vision for Space Exploration, including returning man to the Moon and eventually Mars."
Returning man to the Moon is nothing but returning man to Mars is what I really look forward. You are a true visionary, Mr. President.
Karma: Positive (probably because of superiour intellect)
Neither Mars nor the Moon were available to comment.
You can't handle the truth.
http://moon.google.com/
to great places for Bush and Cheney to hide
Where will our grandsons be? - duh, on the Moon. You are just not listenning, are you? ;)
You can't handle the truth.
You punctuated it wrong. It should have been with an ellipsis (e.g., "...") in the front of the sentence fragment you're adding to the whole lot.
Somehow, it's always less funny when you mess up your delivery in the same manner as the person you're making fun of. Now, one wonders if you'd have picked the right word to use in the context of the grandparent quote you're making fun of, in light of this...
I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a Citizen of the State of Texas
Well, at least YOU got it right...
I can't stand people botching the deliveries- something about my being a perfectionist, I guess.
As for being a pompous arse, perhaps I am one- but your posting anonymously in reply is apt. At least I post with my identity out for everyone to see- you see fit to hide behind a mask.
I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a Citizen of the State of Texas