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NASA Vets & Administration Clash Over Moon Plans
mattnyc99 writes "There's a serious feud brewing this week over the Bush administration's plan for a manned mission to the Moon as an eventual stepping stone to Mars. The Planetary Society, a top group of former mission managers, space-based scientists and NASA astronauts argues, is set to rebuke the Moon plan at a conference next month in favor of hopskotching an asteroid on the way to the Red Planet. Agency chief Michael Griffin issued an abnormally strong response to the society, calling it an overly political criticism of Bush for a plan that he says was 'the best legislative guidance NASA has ever had.' Either way, it's clear that the stars are aligning for the whole space race to be reconsidered as a new administration steps into the White House. So far Clinton and Obama (who just added his) are the only contenders with space proposals."
According to Stephen Hawking, humanity won't survive unless we get off-planet. The moon is the obvious choice for a first settlement.
I propose we make the moon into a new Australia, or a new Liberia. Send the niggers there. Paint the moon black, so to speak. We can even give them oxygen and water, for a few years at least.
Let's clean up Earth. This is my plan. Think of how nice Africa will be when they're gone!
Ron Paul, M.D.
If she wants to stay here and gaze at her stupid twat, fine. I want to go to Mars.