This CBS host's objection to "colonizing" the moon was so dumb that even Neil DeGrasse Tyson was flabbergasted

Not The Bee ^ | August 07, 2025 | Harris Rigby

[Red Badger]

If the average person is just as stupid as Vladimir Duthiers, I'm beginning to understand why they think Neil DeGrasse Tyson is a genius.

CBS host questions if it is a good idea to colonize the moon because “we know how the Age of Colonialism worked on this planet." pic.twitter.com/bof7kap98O— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) August 6, 2025

Vladimir: Will [the moon] A., serve as a functional life source eventually for human beings? And B., we know how the age of colonialism worked on this planet. Should we be trying to colonize and saying there's a keep-out zone that no other countries can participate in... ?

This dude seriously asked if humanity colonizing the moon, an empty space rock, might be bad because of the "evils" of the past colonial age. (Woke Mind Virus: Level 100)

Even hard-left atheist goober Neil DeGrasse Tyson was flummoxed.

Tyson: 'The real problem with colonization history in Western civilization is that there were people already there. There are no moon beings that are being displaced...'

Vlad: 'As far as we know.'

You know it's really bad when Neil is the one making sane points like, there are no native moon people. 🤦‍♂️— Freedom Rings (@fr33domR1ngz) August 6, 2025

He wrote out this idea pre-show, thought it over, and went with it live on air, all the while thinking he was going to score a woke point or two pic.twitter.com/ULa2aIJDRY— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) August 6, 2025

How do people like this have high-paying jobs on national TV?

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TOPICS: Astronomy; History; Military/Veterans; Travel
KEYWORDS: ufos

[GingisK]

I will try to change your opinion on that topic; for, I am also a Sovereign. I am looking forward to the future, and hope the best for my Nation and its citizens, not just for me. Technological and industrial development is always good for everyone.

[Uncle Miltie]

So you believe the government is better than the free market at allocating dollars among projects and achieving “technological and industrial development”?

Wow.

That’s a Bernie Sanders position.

[Uncle Miltie]

Frankly, I thought you were being sarcastic and offering a remarkably stupid straw man for me to take apart in public.

But apparently, you really mean it.

What other historic government functions are so well managed that you would give them a fresh trillion dollars to put a very few men on the moon temporarily

[GingisK]

I don't recall saying that it would be government doing all of that. As with the Mercury/Gemini/Apollo programs, the government would be funding it. Private contractors would design it, build it, launch it, and crew it. I also don't recall that we yet discussed methods of reducing any graft or corruption. I do believe that we, as Americans, can accomplish those programs to the benefit of our Nation.

So many Freepers are so very cynical, which is one of the reasons civilizations collapse.

[PIF]

Congratulations!!! How much did the online degree cost you?

[PIF]

Oh you’ve explored the entire moon and know for a fact what it is and is made of? That’s quite an achievement. Be sure to tell the Chinese to stay home and concentrate on their research into genetic viruses.

[Uncle Miltie]

When and if the private sector sees a return on investment in going to the moon, I will by default (index funds) be a backer.

In the mean time, some poor waitress trying to feed her kids should not be funding YOUR pipe dreams.

[PIF]

First Moon Flights Club

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I remember that - though it was a joke at the time.

[Uncle Miltie]

Gawd you people are dumber than a box of rocks.

The physics of getting there, sustaining life, and returning with pure gold would not be worth it.

[PIF]

You trolling ignorance is showing.

[Uncle Miltie]

The answer for the Apollo program is 5,300,000 POUNDS of gold would have to be brought back to fund that program. Did we have the lift for that? Not close.

It is literally uneconomic to go to the moon for pure gold.

Y’all are bug nuts.

[cgbg]

The Wikipedia article was good—explained that while many thought it was a joke many others took it very seriously.

When I was a teenager I was into science fiction and science—and I was absolutely convinced that I would be spending my senior years vacationing on the Moon and Mars and maybe beyond.

I never considered it a “joke” for one minute.

My negative even hostile attitude towards NASA reflects the gap between my expectations and the current reality.

[Uncle Miltie]

When Musk figures it’s worth going to the moon for business reasons, I’ll be a believer.

Until then, sci-fi freaks who want the government to spend my money can pound sand.

[cgbg]

Agreed.

I have zero interest in excuses and propaganda.

Hopefully Musk can get it done.

[PIF]

Many if not most oif the modern items we use were developed out of necessity due to the Apollo program - please throw away your cell phone and refuse to allow doctors to use any medical equipment invented due to the Apollo program - for starters - the list of things is very, very long [ it used to be posted on the web but just ask your friendly AI ]. And since you brought up gold, then I’m sure all of that is worth more than the amount you posited

[PIF]

My negative even hostile attitude towards NASA reflects the gap between my expectations and the current reality.
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Then your hostility is misplaced - NASA was a 2nd thought; it was never the dream, but a fake out. Originally, it was Project Orion which would have taken us to Mars by 1968 and Saturn by 1972, while building an interstellar ship to take us to the stars.

However, the lack of political will, infighting by various DOD groups, and cowardly politicians ended the program in 1964. The same group also brought us the screwed up side-mounted Space Shuttle.

Currently the idiot talk show host now in charge of NASA plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2030 - however, its an open question if there will be any US means of getting there by that date, let alone landing a man or building anything on the Moon.

What it all is is a way to keep people happy and upbeat on manned space while denying the means to go there in any meaningful way. Politicians simply do not trust that they will be able to maintain power across such distances. So until they find a way for politicians on Earth to be satisfied they can maintain the same absolute control on the Moon, its not happening - at least not by the US as the history of space exploration by by US has show us.

Only robotic missions are acceptable to politicians because they can control the data - can pick and chose which data to allow us to see and which data they do not:

The famous examples of withholding/erasing data is the Mars mission that found a fossil organism, then proceeded to grind it of to see what was below it;

Or the carefully calibrated color monitor for the first images from Mars, which when received - in full view of a room full of reporters - showed a blue sky and green lichen/moss. The man in charge of the project immediately turned the color gain up producing the familiar red and black of the Mars we are permitted to see;

Then there was the 1976 Viking Martian lander which tested for life - the first and last time that experiment was ever done because the “evidence was inconclusive” - a catch phrase to throw skepticism and doubt on something, while providing a reason never to repeat it.

What they do not want us to see about the Moon - well, it would require a scholarly dissertation to complete - starting with the room full of Apollo images and data that was thrown out to make room for more modern data.

My2cents

[cgbg]

“Then your hostility is misplaced - NASA was a 2nd thought; it was never the dream, but a fake out.”

Whatever the reality was or is—they lied.

To me.

I have zero tolerance for being gaslighted.

I have zero interest in excuses.

[StAnDeliver]

What is going on in this photo from Vlad's University of Rhode Island alumni page?

Plus he's almost too dumb to be a neomarxist but look which fellow traveler boosted him up to useful idiot status...

[PIF]

The lie was obvious to people paying attention at the time. That others later on failed to do their homework is on them.

[cgbg]

Back in the old days we had three major television networks plus government run public broadcasting and newspapers that just spewed out government (including NASA) propaganda.

All were dominated by Operation Mockingbird.

So—most folks had no independent sources of information to help them along...