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NASA Begins Planning the First Human Mission To Cislunar Space (blastingnews.com)

Posted by timothy on from the so-awesome-they-have-to-use-tax-money dept.

MarkWhittington writes: With the first launch of the heavy-lift Space Launch System drawing nigh (for no later than November 2018), NASA is already trying to plan the first crewed space mission beyond low-Earth orbit for the early 2020s. However, budget uncertainties plus a couple of congressional mandates are causing uncertainty for the launch manifest for the SLS.

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  1. Rocket to Nowhere Lives Up To Its Name by Cyberpunk+Reality · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Where will the crew be going? Not even NASA knows, but they're going!

    What will they be doing? Proving that they can go where ever it is they're going.

    The whole mission is a billion-dollar joyride. The best self-licking ice cream cone ever!

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    Rule 35 of the internet: "If it can be hacked, it will be". - Charles Stross
    1. Re:Rocket to Nowhere Lives Up To Its Name by R3d+M3rcury · · Score: 3, Insightful

      What will they be doing? Proving that they can go where ever it is they're going.

      And making sure the equipment actually works. I assume you'd be first in line to bitch about NASA not doing any testing if something went wrong.

      Apollo 9 astronauts spent 10 days orbiting the Earth with a LEM, right? I mean, what a fucking waste! They should have just gone to the Moon.

  2. Re:Check your FUCKING Privilige! by CajunArson · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My next social justice crusade is against the white male patriarchy of correct spelling and grammar.

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  3. Re:Let's take back the words co-opted by SocJus by magarity · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You sound (reads) like gay. But it's alright.

    And "gay" is the first word that needs to be reclaimed; as "carefree happiness" it has no synonym. And with all the constant angst over equality and rights, there seems to be very little gayness involved in being gay :/