To the moon Alice! To the moon!!!!
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To the moon Alice! To the moon!!!!
Looks like we're going back....
Damn, I'm all for space exploration, but I've got to wonder how beneficial one of those billion dollars would be, if it were given to the poorest/lowest performing state's educational system.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061205/ap_on_sc/nasa_moon
Damn, I'm all for space exploration, but I've got to wonder how beneficial one of those billion dollars would be, if it were given to the poorest/lowest performing state's educational system.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061205/ap_on_sc/nasa_moon
Originally Posted by By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer
Mon Dec 4, 7:48 PM ET
WASHINGTON - NASA may be going to the same old moon with a ship that looks a lot like a 1960s Apollo capsule, but the space agency said Monday that it's going to do something dramatically different this time: Stay there.
Unveiling the agency's bold plan for a return to the moon, NASA said it will establish an international base camp on one of the moon's poles, permanently staffing it by 2024, four years after astronauts land there.
It is a sweeping departure from the Apollo moon missions of the 1960s and represents a new phase of space exploration after space shuttles are retired in 2010.
NASA chose a "lunar outpost" over the short expeditions of the '60s. Apollo flights were all around the middle area of the moon, but NASA decided to go to the moon's poles because they are best for longer-term settlements. And this time NASA is welcoming other nations on its journey... His concern is based on cost and technology, McCurdy said. NASA doesn't plan to get additional money for its lunar program and will simply use money that had gone to the space shuttle program; much of the technology is based on expensive Apollo hardware, he said. So NASA has vowed to be creative with spending and technology, he said.
"The tooth fairy is not going to drop $500 to $800 billion on NASA," McCurdy said. "Being creative on the moon can sometimes get you confined to the moon."
WASHINGTON - NASA may be going to the same old moon with a ship that looks a lot like a 1960s Apollo capsule, but the space agency said Monday that it's going to do something dramatically different this time: Stay there.
Unveiling the agency's bold plan for a return to the moon, NASA said it will establish an international base camp on one of the moon's poles, permanently staffing it by 2024, four years after astronauts land there.
It is a sweeping departure from the Apollo moon missions of the 1960s and represents a new phase of space exploration after space shuttles are retired in 2010.
NASA chose a "lunar outpost" over the short expeditions of the '60s. Apollo flights were all around the middle area of the moon, but NASA decided to go to the moon's poles because they are best for longer-term settlements. And this time NASA is welcoming other nations on its journey... His concern is based on cost and technology, McCurdy said. NASA doesn't plan to get additional money for its lunar program and will simply use money that had gone to the space shuttle program; much of the technology is based on expensive Apollo hardware, he said. So NASA has vowed to be creative with spending and technology, he said.
"The tooth fairy is not going to drop $500 to $800 billion on NASA," McCurdy said. "Being creative on the moon can sometimes get you confined to the moon."
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Think about it. If we always spent the money somewhere else other than science, which this is, you would not be able to post your question here, because there would not be a computer. You would not be able to fly anywhere, there would not be satellite TV. If there even was TV, the only stations you would get are local.
One day we will outgrow this world, or destroy it from over population pressure. We best be able to try someplace else.
One day we will outgrow this world, or destroy it from over population pressure. We best be able to try someplace else.
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Nothing wrong with funding science, of course, but reality says there are a lot of problems on earth that need billions to fix before we start chasing a pipe dream.
Besides that, what's the point, we know what we need to know about the moon, if you really think we're going to need a new home, you might want to consider finding a planet to live on, and it ain't the moon.
Besides that, what's the point, we know what we need to know about the moon, if you really think we're going to need a new home, you might want to consider finding a planet to live on, and it ain't the moon.