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NASA Weighs Moon Plans

Posted by samzenpus on from the one-of-these-days-alice dept.

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."

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  1. Weight? Moon? by Das+Auge · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's easy. It'll weight 1/6 of what it does on Earth.

  2. hmm.. by User+956 · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

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  3. Re:Weight? Moon? by kfg · · Score: 3, Funny

    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

  4. Re:NASA weighs moon plans by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think its because its been putting on a few pounds.

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  5. why is it? by pjr.cc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why is it that whenever anyones says "... Bush's vision ..." I think of crayons, preschool and cirlces of paper?

  6. This is no laughing matter by Silencer-7 · · Score: 3, Funny

    How about you start treating this subject with the gravity it deserves?

  7. Why is Bush interested? by Samir+Gupta · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's no oil on the moon as far as I know...

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