Bush may announce a return to the MOON

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[Eli]

Wow.. Cool.

/hell freezes over

He does something the general public will probably really get behind. :Q

 

[freegeeks]

maybe he can find WMD, Osama and Saddam on the moon

I dunno, elections are coming closer.
this kind of things distracts people from the real issues
Bush senior did the same thing during his presidency

On July 20, 1989, President George H. W. Bush marked the 20th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing with a speech at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington in which he called for a permanent American presence on the moon and, ultimately, a mission to Mars.

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we had the same thing here - next year we have elections and all of the sudden our prime minister launched an idea to host the olympic games in the near future

politicians make bold statements for short term goals.

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Bang-zoom!

 

[Regs]

I thought he was returning home

 

[dmcowen674]

I was actually in the running trying for a spot on a Shuttle but since Columbia dropped out.

If I see we will actually build new renewable Spacecraft and I'm not too old maybe would go for it again.

PS - They are still moving ahead with the Civillians in Space program and just finished picking Finalists for training for Shuttle flight.

 

[Red Dawn]

You think he'll want to continue after someone explains to him that it not made out of cheese?

 

[GregGreen]

How does he expect to pay for this? NASA's budget now is less than one percent of the Federal budget. During the race to the moon, it was around eight percent. I can't see how he is going to be able to get enough money in todays world when 50% of the Federal budget goes towards entitlements. Back when the first steps toward the moon were starting, 70% of the budget was for the military, something you can take away. But people are gunna be mad pissed when you start taking away their social security, welfare, and veterans benefits to go to the moon.

 

[Argo]

And why exactly would we go there? That's retarded IMO.

 

[Rilescat]

Originally posted by: Argo
And why exactly would we go there? That's retarded IMO.

We need to plant some evidence we were really there in '69 before the Chinese head up in a few years.

 

[freegeeks]

Originally posted by: Rilescat

Originally posted by: Argo
And why exactly would we go there? That's retarded IMO.

We need to plant some evidence we were really there in '69 before the Chinese head up in a few years.

there is still enough crap over there from the 60's

the moon rovers
parts of the moonlanders
a flag ?
footprints

 

[Entity]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
You think he'll want to continue after someone explains to him that it not made out of cheese?

Have you seen that "behold, the power of cheese" commercial?

Rob

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: Argo
And why exactly would we go there? That's retarded IMO.

Moonbase for launch of the Mars expedition.

There are ideas and proposals that could offset concerns as to the value of returning to the moon and, perhaps, traveling beyond. Geologists are eager to take lunar-core samples, which could tell much about the solar system's past and how the moon itself was formed. It has recently been suggested that sunlight collected on the moon and beamed to Earth could provide a no-pollution source of power. Bill McInnis, a leading NASA engineer before he resigned in despair over shuttle-safety issues and ultimately took his own life, long lobbied for a return to the moon and talked of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and the folly of putting our antennae on Earth. "The signals we're looking for are so weak that the effects of somebody turning on a light a hundred miles away are stronger," he said. "The place to do it, the place to be free of Earthbound interference ? that's the other side of the moon. The moon is the ultimate space station, it is where we can really learn things." Certainly, long-term lunar experience would facilitate a trip to Mars.

 

[Banana]

Lunar Penal Colony for terrorists?

 

[Ticks]

We should blow up the moon...
i mean we've eaten an egg on it..did a push up on it...what else is there to do?

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: Ticks
We should blow up the moon...
i mean we've eaten an egg on it..did a push up on it...what else is there to do?

Hey, there's a good idea.

 

[tnitsuj]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
I was actually in the running trying for a spot on a Shuttle but since Columbia dropped out.

If I see we will actually build new renewable Spacecraft and I'm not too old maybe would go for it again.

PS - They are still moving ahead with the Civillians in Space program and just finished picking Finalists for training for Shuttle flight.

In the running to do what?

 

[Banana]

Originally posted by: Ticks
We should blow up the moon...

Then what are surfers gonna do?!