quote:Originally posted by Sol System: (It's a good thing the U.S. has so much money and energy to put towards moon buggies, and is not stuck in a perpetual war and facing full-out ecological collapse coupled with no energy.)
OnToMars: even Robert Zubrin had kind of/sort of kind things to say about it! Somewhere! I thought but now totally can't find!
Actually, NASA's director addresed that- He said (paraphrasing here) "you dont close down imporntant government agencies because of a disaster- bad things are always going to happen, but exploring space is part of what makes America great."
I tend to agree- better to cut back congrssional raises and their free lifetime insurance and pensions (considering most of them are already millionaires) than cur NASA's budget further.
I look at this announcment as a solid way to let the public get over the shuttle program's end and if Congress should possibly cut NASA's budget before any of this pie-in-the-sky moon-mission stuff becomes reality, it surely wont be the administrtation's fault, would it?
Naaa!
I really want to see a large payload rocket built that can carry a few dozen people safely to the moon- I'd fill it with all the bozos that claim the moon landing was faked -give the rocket just enough fuel and air to land on the moon. That way, their lander will serve as a testament to their own cynicism.
Or we can just let Buzz beat the crap out of them.
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And here I thought America was great because everyone has a chance to live free from religous zealots and the government is devoted to serving the will of the people, citizen's rights matter more than money and everyone is equal, regardless of race creed, color or personal faith (I'm a Pastafarian, myself).
Oh wait..
Really, America is hardly "on the ropes"....yet. We just need to get the bozos out of office, our troops out of the middle east, stop giving money to despots and shore up that whole deficit thing.
National healthcare would be nice too. Plus, that whole "lead the world in space exploration" while inspiring new generations to study hard and enter the science/technology sector.
After all, we invented the Twinkie! ! We am great superpower!
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"We just need to get the bozos out of office, our troops out of the middle east, stop giving money to despots and shore up that whole deficit thing.
National healthcare would be nice too."
Go back in time five years.
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Yeah- go back and tell Bill to keep his dick in his pants. Amaing how one small indiscretion can be used by your enemies to fuck up all your party has accomplished.
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quote:After all, we invented the Twinkie! ! We am great superpower!
And you keep them to yourselves, too! Stupid Twinkies, they explode during the flight over here. Our ameriwarez novelty stores only stick with, like, Jell-o powder, powerbars and beef jerky.
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Well, I hope the Twinkie Girl I linked did not explode on any plane trip- her soft gooey center is made for more pleasant experiences.
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