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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:No one has territory on the moon by Capsaicin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe the folks proposing this didn't think too hard about how the word 'national' will be read outside the US.

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    Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident a security. --Edmund Burke
  2. Of all the stupid... by Okian+Warrior · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Of all the stupid, hare-brained ideas we've seen, this one has to be the stupidest so far.

    We're close to exponential runaway on government spending (borrowing more, and more often). The economy is barely moving despite drenching it in money, jobs are part-time with no benefits, we jail more people than China, the government plainly tramples over all our civil rights, oil is running out, tax law is a joke, IP law is a joke, immigration law is a joke, H1B visas are a joke...

    ...so of course let's put a park on the moon!

    I'm half inclined to start a new political movement: the "Boot" party.

    Let's give these people "the boot" - vote the incumbents out! Keep turnover high until we get good people who can accomplish something worthwhile.