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NASA Unveils Strategy for Return to the Moon

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the why-buy-one-when-you-could-buy-two-at-twice-the-price dept.

mknewman writes to tell us that NASA recently announced plans to build a permanent base on the moon by 2024. The (still tentative) plans call for building the base on one of the moon's poles, which constantly receive light from the sun and have less temperature fluctuation. This base will start small in 2020 and grow over time with the hopes of eventually supporting 180-day stays and providing a jumping-off point to Mars."

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  1. gromit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Gromit, that's it! Cheese! We'll go somewhere where there's cheese!

  2. Keyword: unveils by djupedal · · Score: 4, Funny
    Pay attention now...this is really pretty simple, but we don't want any slip-ups!
    • Book backlot at Universal Studios. Same one as last time, since some of the original moonscape props are still there - minimum, oh, say 90 days out to do it.
    • Schedule several hundred yards of dry beach sand and 1/4" cobble for delivery weeks 1 thru 3.
    • Inform all staff that primary shooting will be done after sundown.
    • Find those guys that pulled this stunt off last time!

    Everybody understand? Good, now go! It's Oscar time!!!
  3. Re:Cost for supporting people is high. by Wavicle · · Score: 5, Funny

    They need to be so fast that going to and from Pluto should take no more than an hour.

    186,282.397 miles per second. It's not just a good idea, it's the law!

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  4. Re:Nice... but... by SamSim · · Score: 4, Funny

    All we need is another space race and it'll be done inside a decade. Let's start fabricating evidence that the terrorists are planning their own moon base.

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  5. Here's the plan by gelfling · · Score: 4, Funny

    Outsource the project to India and China
    Rebrand it
    Declare success

  6. Re:Cost for supporting people is high. by indifferent+children · · Score: 4, Funny
    To Pluto in an hour would take about 6 times the speed of light. Not likely to happen anytime soon.

    That's good, because at 6 times the speed of light 'soon' would be 'recently', and your comment would be a dupe.

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  7. Re:Earth to the Moon by E++99 · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's just discrimination by skin color or personal background. Imagine the racism if you have humans who are born with an entirely different physiology than us. Never doubt the reaches of human racism.

    Lousy moon people with their degenerated muscles! They come around here and take all our jobs and then say, "ooo, everything is SO HEAVY, help!" Friggin moon people. They're the scum of the er.. moon. (sorry, just practicing)