Possible Israeli Moon Mission

Arutz Sheva ^ | 1.29.04 | Arutz Sheva

[ambrose]

Possible Israeli Moon Mission

For thousands of years the Jewish people have looked to the moon to calculate the celebration of holidays and dictate the configuration of the Jewish lunar calendar - now it appears as though the Jewish state may send an astronaut to actually walk upon it.

Israel's Ambassador to the U.S., Daniel Ayalon, told "Globes" Wednesday that Israel wishes to renew its cooperation with America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to send a second Israeli astronaut into space. "There is a good chance that another Israeli astronaut will fly to outer space in a shuttle or other spacecraft," said Ayalon. "I wouldn't rule out the possibility that an Israeli astronaut will land on the moon, as part of U.S. efforts to establish a permanent base there."

Ayalon is scheduled to meet NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe during a ceremony marking the anniversary of Columbia space shuttle disaster, in which Israel's only astronaut, Colonel Ilan Ramon, and the six other crew members were killed.

Israel Defense and Armed Forces Attaché to the US Major-General Moshe Evry Sukenik will coordinate the preparations for Israel's next space mission, which Ayalon sees as a continuation of Colonel Ilan Ramon's unfinished mission.

Ramon had brought with him to space a picture drawn by a 14-year-old Jewish boy murdered in Auschwitz during the Holocaust. The drawing shows a view of Earth from the moon, as imagined by Petr Ginz, a multi-talented youth, who like Ilan Ramon was very interested in science. Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust museum has placed the original picture on display in memory of both Petr Ginz and Colonel Ilan Ramon.

[newheart]

Someone is going to suggest that a Palestinian should go, too.

[TomSmedley]

Now wouldn't THAT be a kick in the head to the moon god worshippers!

[ambrose]

They're welcome to come too, when they can figure out how to build something besides bombs.

[Honestfreedom]

Maybe the entire Palestinian people can go?

[BCrago66]

Now the Zionist oppressors are going to occupy the Moon. Soon you'll hear about the indiginous peoples of the Moon, who nobody knew about before, displaced by the Jews.

[cmsgop]

Jews In Space !!!!!!!!!

Now where is the Obligatory Mel Brooks Pic?

[Thinkin' Gal]

[Thinkin' Gal]

Now the Zionist oppressors are going to occupy the Moon. Soon you'll hear about the indiginous peoples of the Moon, who nobody knew about before, displaced by the Jews.

[danneskjold]

[cmsgop]

Thats the one!!!!!!!!

[lormand]

Great!

You can put a man on the moon, but cannot kill Arafat?

[Nick Danger]

The Moon is about 240,000 miles away.

But for you... 199,995.

[John H K]

For thousands of years the Jewish people have looked to the moon to calculate the celebration of holidays and dictate the configuration of the Jewish lunar calendar

Boy, no snide comments about the Jews worshipping a "Moon God" yet?

[Salman]

Now wouldn't THAT be a kick in the head to the moon god worshippers!

Are they really moon god worshippers? They say no, we say yes. A kick in the head to them either way. Way to go!

[BenLurkin]

We are already propping up the nation of Israel to the tune of billions of dollars each year, PLUS the billions of tribute we pay to their enemies. Whose going to pay for an Israeli space program?

[onedoug]

Chabad on the Moon.

[Blennos]

Whose{sic} going to pay for an Israeli space program?

You people are so predictable. I was waiting for such a response and you didn't disappoint. Yawn.

[BenLurkin]

Okay, I'll bite. What is the boring answer to my boring question?

[EternalVigilance]

Very misleading headline.