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US plans for Moon base
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| December 5, 2006
Posted on 12/05/2006 11:17:13 AM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu
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To: Parmenio
We can't get into orbit consistently any more. I hope we don't kill the brave people who go.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:36:00 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(The snake is loose in the garden and Eve just bit the apple.)
To: Parmenio
Great! If the Chineese build theirs first, it means that we can get take out when we get there!
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:36:07 AM PST
by
catman67
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
A moonbase would be neat, but everone is ignoring the elephant in the room of deep space interstellar exploration.
Propulsion.
If you want see other stars and other worlds, rockets aren't going to cut it. Neither is any other sublight propulsion system. Research should be into determining if lightspeed can be exceeded and, if it can't, if there's a way around that barrier. We will never leave our solar system until that problem is solved.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:36:50 AM PST
by
JamesP81
(If you have to ask permission from Uncle Sam, then it's not a right)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
In ten years the moon will be full of illegals from Mexico - doing the jobs some lazy American Astronaut refuses to do.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:37:43 AM PST
by
Condor51
(Tagline Under Construction - Kindly Wear Your Hardhat)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Where are they going to launch it from, all of Florida is supposed to be under water by then, isn't it?
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:40:03 AM PST
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: From One - Many
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:40:56 AM PST
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu; All
Although not mentioned in this article, the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) has an interior volume 2.5 times the volume of the three-man Apollo capsules used for earlier lunar missions.
In the Apollo lunar missions, two astronauts descended to the lunar surface in the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) while one astronaut stayed onboard the Apollo capsule orbiting the moon.
The Orion CEV will carry four astronauts to the moon and all four will descend to the lunar surface while the empty Orion orbits the moon under robotic control. That doubles the man-hours of work and exploration possible on the lunar surface.
Furthermore, the Orion CEV will be designed to support missions up to six months long eventually.
To: COBOL2Java
"I wonder where the Muslim Prayer Rooms will be?"
On the screened-in porch, hopefully.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:44:37 AM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: Unmarked Package
Then they'll have to make a new ship for traveling to Mars, and it'll have to have stronger shielding from radiation, too. Even from a solar flare.
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Can someone explain why we're not taking the materials to build a real base out of local materials?
That "base" is a micro or meteorite accident waiting to happen.
When on a vaccuum surface and planning to live there ... DIG IN.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:45:51 AM PST
by
Centurion2000
(If the Romans had nukes, Carthage would still be glowing.)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
...wouldn't it be cheaper if we just rented from the grays?
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:46:14 AM PST
by
taxed2death
(A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
To: COBOL2Java
This would be a perfect place to re-deploy our troops from iraq. Easy access to saturn and mars.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:47:11 AM PST
by
USS Alaska
(Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
To: taxed2death
Is that some space alien?
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:48:47 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: Centurion2000
When on a vacuum surface and planning to live there ... DIG IN. 
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:54:45 AM PST
by
Holicheese
(Beerfest could be the greatest movie ever made!)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
to expand Earth's economic sphere That one is BS. That is to say, Total Bull.
If someone wants the economic sphere expanded he needs to repeal the Treaty and duck.
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:55:11 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(RTRA DLQS GSCW)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
Us in the future, Parallel time line. http://www.eaglesdisobey.net/wm_corner.htm
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:56:02 AM PST
by
taxed2death
(A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
To: Jedi Master Pikachu
I wonder if it will be Moon Base Alpha like in Space 1999.
That show rocked!
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posted on
12/05/2006 11:56:41 AM PST
by
Holicheese
(Beerfest could be the greatest movie ever made!)
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