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NASA Plan to Return to the Moon

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'll-believe-it-when-i'm-sipping-tang dept.

sjoeboo writes "NASA briefed senior White House officials Wednesday on its plan to spend $100 billion during the next 12 years building the spacecraft and rockets it needs to put humans back on the Moon by 2018. The U.S. space agency now expects to roll out its lunar exploration plan to key Congressional committees on Friday and to the broader public through a news conference on Monday."

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  1. What do you mean "Return to the moon"? by soft_guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everyone knows the moon landing were faked.

    Besides, I would think that $100 Billion is too much. The price of motion picture special effects has come down a lot since the 60s.

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    1. Re:What do you mean "Return to the moon"? by elandqui · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sure, there's plenty of evidence that fake moon landings were filmed in a studio. There's some great evidence for that that convinced me. However, there is plenty of convincing evidence that we did land on the moon like moon rocks that have been studied by researchers around the planet, mirrors placed on the surface to bounce signals back to Earth, etc. The obvious conclusion is that NASA landed on the moon and filmed fake landings in a studio.

  2. Why is this so hard ? by Zate · · Score: 2, Funny

    we already went there once with FAR inferior technology (or did we ?.. cue tin foil hat) ... it shouldnt take us 12 years to do it again ..

    All the rockets they need are stored in the kenedy space center museums.. gettem out.. dustem off and lets go already !

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    1. Re:Why is this so hard ? by narcolepticjim · · Score: 4, Funny

      I heard that the plans for the Saturn rockets are lost. A quick check, however, revealed that they are not.

      I now have no reason for posting this message.

  3. Re:Mars on hold... by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 4, Funny


    What happened to flying cars by 2000?

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  4. Re:Update on Old News by Chosen+Reject · · Score: 4, Funny

    They'll probably have to kill a lot more if they're going to use this guy's engine.

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  5. The Plan by halcyon1234 · · Score: 5, Funny
    "to put humans back on the Moon by 2018."

    ... where they will be greeted by the Chinese, Indians, Japanese, Russians, Canadians, and every college student with a "Build Yourself An Interplanetary Space Craft" kit ordered from craigslist.

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  6. Re:Katrina kills this, I predict by Chosen+Reject · · Score: 2, Funny
    or they can send the Space Shuttle up and down, up and down, up and down, (sensing a pattern yet?) up and down, up and down, up and down, up and...

    Then what?! I'm dying to find out. Will they ever come down or have we lost them forever? Maybe they will find Major Tom. Oh the suspense!!!

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  7. Re:Katrina kills this, I predict by learn+fast · · Score: 1, Funny

    National Security?

    We must make the Moon safe for democracy!

    New satellite photos indicate a clear presence of W.M.D. on the Moon.

    SecDef thinks we can liberate the Moon with only 30,000 troops.

    Regime change on the Moon now!

  8. Re:Mars on hold... by Spock+the+Baptist · · Score: 2, Funny

    Which reminds me...

    What ever happed to flying cars by 3000?

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  9. Re:What a waste by soft_guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    How about we get off this rock and finally do something other than IM each other about Britney Spears or Paris Hilton?

    Yeah, because IMing each other about Paris Hilton would be so totally awesome on the moon!

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  10. Re:How to recoup costs by Mercano · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wait, I thought Tom Hanks WAS an astronaut!

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  11. Re:Update on Old News by uncoveror · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why does Bush want to go back to the moon? Why really? To keep Red China from controlling all the green cheese.

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  12. Re:Update on Old News by infinite9 · · Score: 5, Funny

    10,000 kittens slain

    That's a lot of masturbation.

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  13. Obligatory Mastercard joke by El+Cabri · · Score: 2, Funny

    An illegal war of choice : $200bn and counting

    A mishandled natural disaster : $100bn

    A permanent tax cut for the rich : $800bn

    A trip to the moon like in the '70s : $100bn

    Driving your country into bankrupcy : priceless.