Can you say abandoned? If the USA wants to homestead the moon then they should have progressed beyond a few days of visiting over 30+ years ago. It was historic just like many events here on earth over the last several centuries but we did not stop at this once in a lifetime events.
I say give $500 million to the team that puts people on the moon and returns with some Apollo gear.
by WiseAsOwl May 29, 2012 3:50 PM EDT This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of... If I was able to somehow get a D-9 Caterpillar up on the moon and figure out how to make it run there, I could just tear the dickens out of the surface of the moon, if I so desired... and there wouldn't be anybody that could do a dang thing about it...other than belly-ache This whole thing sounds like a bunch of Liberal gobble-de-**** with a single purpose of simply trying to make do-gooders feel relevant... or feel good about doing nothing... Kind of like Occupy....
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Just wondering if the above moronic statement can be defended by anyone rationally. I mean, who in the world would want to "tear the dickens" out of one of the USA proudest moments?
With luck, the next president will shut down the private enterprise race for space and use it to pay for Obamacare. Space junk can be lethal, and we don't need more generators.
SpaceX and its competitors, however, may have some parts of their businesses that we want to keep and let them operate.
Nonsense. The government doesn't pay for the "private enterprise" activities - they are, by definition, private enterprises - except for the contracts to launch satellites 9which we need) and supply the space station. The total amount we spend on the space station is small, and the potential commerical rewards for space are big.
We don't know where the next big economic wave for the US will be, but commericlizaiton of space is a candidate - and one of the few areas where the US has a huge lead. We need to continue to support space development - and since it doesn't cost that much, its money well spent.
This is so ridiculous. Private firms will compete to do what NASA has already done very well over several decades. This is not moving forward. This is moving backward.
Unfortunately only true historically. Private companies can deliver far better service at far lower costs than NASA of today. The Space Shuttle was a boondoggle which is why it has ben retired, SpaceX will fly at a fraciton of the cost.
This is moving forward in a good way. The government could do more to develop space, but at least we shouldn't hamper private companies doing it instead.
It may be cliche, but we have screwed up this planet, so what makes anyone think it can't happen to the moon or another planet? Humans are like yard moles, only worse because what they make isn't easily broken down.
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I say give $500 million to the team that puts people on the moon and returns with some Apollo gear.
This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of... If I was able to somehow get a D-9 Caterpillar up on the moon and figure out how to make it run there, I could just tear the dickens out of the surface of the moon, if I so desired... and there wouldn't be anybody that could do a dang thing about it...other than belly-ache This whole thing sounds like a bunch of Liberal gobble-de-**** with a single purpose of simply trying to make do-gooders feel relevant... or feel good about doing nothing... Kind of like Occupy....
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Just wondering if the above moronic statement can be defended by anyone rationally. I mean, who in the world would want to "tear the dickens" out of one of the USA proudest moments?
SpaceX and its competitors, however, may have some parts of their businesses that we want to keep and let them operate.
We don't know where the next big economic wave for the US will be, but commericlizaiton of space is a candidate - and one of the few areas where the US has a huge lead. We need to continue to support space development - and since it doesn't cost that much, its money well spent.
This is moving forward in a good way. The government could do more to develop space, but at least we shouldn't hamper private companies doing it instead.