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NASA Weighs Moon Plans
mknewman writes "Space.com is reporting that NASA is set to roll out next month a U.S. national strategy for lunar exploration, one that outlines both robotic exploration needs and the rationale for sending humans back to the Moon. This has been sorely missing in Bush's Vision for Space Exploration."
That's easy. It'll weight 1/6 of what it does on Earth.
Tastes like no chees I've ever tasted.
NASA Weighs Moon Plans
It would depend on the number of pages, but on nice 24lb paper with a clay coating, the plans really shouldn't weigh more than a few ounces. Now, 100lb cover stock would be a different story. You might need a rocket scientist to calculate that.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
I think, perhaps, they should amass the plans instead. That way the lander won't crash when one contractor weighs its plans in Earth gravity and the other in Lunar.
KFG
Bugger the costs, just charge it: http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
Engineering is the art of compromise.
I think its because its been putting on a few pounds.
God spoke to me.
The current plan for the first flight is convert a passenger jet for space travel so that the US Congress can be relocated to the Moon. A second much larger craft is planned for a trip bearing all the lawyers. Since one in every three americans is a lawyer this should help reduce the populations problems and free up the court system. The Congressmen and lawyers are quite enthusiastic about the plan since the earth will be consumed by a space goat shortly after the second flight. If there's time a third flight is planned for lobbyist and the handfull of remaining conservative leaders. Once all are relocated the earth, err I mean moon should be safe.
No, no, you got it wrong. They're weighing the moon plans. I mean ... really ... do blueprints weight that much that they need to be weighed?? :)
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They need to be careful and be sure the Rebels don't get ahold of those plans.
After all, that's no moon.
- Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
Sure, it might be a good idea to go to the moon and explore some more, but what's clearly missing here is AN EXIT STRATEGY for getting off of the moon after we're done.
Why is it that whenever anyones says "... Bush's vision ..." I think of crayons, preschool and cirlces of paper?
>This has been sorely missing in Bush's Vision for Space Exploration.
Bush wants to make Star Trek a reality, but geeks still find a way to bash him. Sheesh!
How about you start treating this subject with the gravity it deserves?
There's no oil on the moon as far as I know...
-- Samir Gupta, Ph. D. Head, New Technology Research Group, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Kyoto, Japan.