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What Shall We Do With the Moon Once We Get There?

Posted by timothy on from the good-place-for-wedding-chapels dept.

MarkWhittington writes "For the first time in over thirty five years, the Moon has become the next frontier. The United States has committed to returning human astronauts to the Moon by the end of the next decade. China has hinted that it intends to do this also. A variety of countries, including the United States and China, but also India, Europe, and Japan, have either sent robotic probes into lunar orbit or are on the verge of doing so." Contribute your favorite moon ideas below; I'd like to see it used as the set to film The Moon is a Harsh Mistress .

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  1. Obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Strip-mine it

    1. Re:obvious by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Forget the theme park.

    2. Re:Obvious by davolfman · · Score: 4, Funny

      Use the zero gravity to pretend to be ninjas.

  2. The Obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Kill each other for the land

    1. Re:The Obvious by davester666 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Install a giant frickin' laser on it.

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  3. Hey, Mr. Monkey, don't be asking why. by BorgCopyeditor · · Score: 5, Funny

    America can, should, must, and will blow up the moon. The time is now. Children are our future.

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    1. Re:Hey, Mr. Monkey, don't be asking why. by cartman · · Score: 5, Funny

      There are unconfirmed reports of Al Qaeda on the moon. Furthermore, we have it from very reliable sources that Saddam has been working to establish lunar colonies in order to mine the tritium there for use in hydrogen bombs. We must not wait until there is a mushroom cloud over Earth.

      We shall blow up the moon ourselves, if necessary. Nobody can deny us our right of self-defense against the moon. If the French happen to think the idea of blowing up the moon is silly, then we'll rename food products just to spite them ("terrestrial fries"). Anyway, the French don't have the right to oppose our ideas because they're only French and they don't even run the planet anymore, much less the solar system.

  4. Re:It's made of cheese. by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Carve it up and eat it.

    Come on you can do a better job than that:

    1. Mine the cheese
    2. ...
    3. Profit!

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  5. Don't worry Grommit... by mrbluze · · Score: 5, Funny

    We've got crackers!!!

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  6. Re:TFA is vacuous by mrbluze · · Score: 4, Funny

    YAWN Be glad you can yawn. On the moon you certainly couldn't.
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  7. obvious by Lord+Ender · · Score: 5, Funny

    The first pioneers will be whalers, but eventually it will be a theme park with hookers and blackjack.

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  8. On second thought ... by garett_spencley · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let's not go to the moon. It is a silly place.

  9. They mostly come at night...mostly by OMNIpotusCOM · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

  10. Re:Also radio telescopes! by childprey · · Score: 4, Funny

    not to mention the fact that, yknow, the moon rotates.

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  11. Re:TFA is vacuous by Koiu+Lpoi · · Score: 4, Funny

    +1 For using "vacuous" in a sentence +1 For ending your post in "YAWN" without being a troll.