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House Democrats Propose National Park On the Moon

Posted by Soulskill on from the taking-volunteers-for-space-rangers dept.

MarkWhittington writes "Two House Democrats, Reps. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), have proposed a bill called Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act, H.R. 2617 (PDF), that would establish the Apollo Lunar Landing Sites National Historical Park at all the Apollo lunar landing sites, according to a story in The Hill. 'The park would be comprised of all artifacts left on the surface of the moon from the Apollo 11 through 17 missions. The bill says these sites need to be protected because of the anticipated increase in commercial moon landings in the future.'"

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  1. Re:how about by mooingyak · · Score: 5, Informative

    they go fuck themselves since the moon isn't America's

    From TFA:

    “The government would also have to submit the Apollo 11 lunar landing site to the United Nations for designation as a World Heritage site.”

    I'd think they've got a legitimate case for that being accepted. Terminology gets a little interesting though, with "World" referring to the moon as well.

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  2. Re:how about by Kell+Bengal · · Score: 4, Informative

    Actually, the Russians got there first.

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