Milky Way Days: Returning to the new frontier.

NATIONAL REVIEW ^ | December 03, 2003, 8:58 a.m. | Dennis E. Powell

[MattGarrett]

BACK TO THE MOON!

(Where ya been, Drudge?)

DRUDGE is reporting a National Review column which states that "W" is planning to announce a new ambitious slate of human space exploration which includes RETURNING TO THE MOON!
Yee hah!

[Sir Gawain]

With government money probably. No thanks.

[yonif]

Returning to the moon will reinforce our patriotism.

[yonif]

Do you think we should privatize space exploration/privatize per say NASA?

[ambrose]

About friggin' time!

[You Gotta Be Kidding Me]

Hillary wants to return to the moon to change the signs left their claiming the moon for "mankind".

Oh!! That is just soooooooooooooo un-PC!!!! ;-)

[The KG9 Kid]

I wonder if I should buy stock in whatever old Apollo program companies still exist. Why redesign a proven system?

[Poohbah]

Actually, it'd be really cool if, when the astronauts finally return to the Moon, Dubya's there to serve them Thanksgiving dinner (c8

[RonF]

Sadly enough, the ISS was bowlderized to the point that little real science is going on there. But if Bush seriously proposes going back to the Moon, to the point that there's actually money committed, people hired, etc., then I might consider holding my nose and voting for him.

[Flux Capacitor]

I'm a freakin' Nostradamus!

-Dan

[dead]

Whitey on the Moon
- by Gil-Scott Heron

A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and Whitey's on the moon)
I can't pay no doctor bill.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Ten years from now I'll be payin' still.
(while Whitey's on the moon)
The man jus' upped my rent las' night.
('cause Whitey's on the moon)
No hot water, no toilets, no lights.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
I wonder why he's uppi' me?
('cause Whitey's on the moon?)
I wuz already payin' 'im fifty a week.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Taxes takin' my whole damn check,
Junkies makin' me a nervous wreck,
The price of food is goin' up,
An' as if all that shit wuzn't enough:
A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face an' arm began to swell.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Was all that money I made las' year
(for Whitey on the moon?)
How come there ain't no money here?
(Hmm! Whitey's on the moon)
Y'know I jus' 'bout had my fill
(of Whitey on the moon)
I think I'll sen' these doctor bills,
Airmail special
(to Whitey on the moon)

[So Cal Rocket]

McDonnell Douglas - now Boeing
Rockwell International - now Boeing
Boeing - now Boeing
Grumman - now Northrop Grumman
Martin Marietta - now Lockheed
Lockheed - now Lockheed
General Dynamics - now Lockheed

[11B3]

There is no such thing as 'government money'. It's our money, remember?

It's about damn time that NASA gets sent back on track to reignite the imagination of the nation - especially it's youth. We can't afford to lose the high ground of space to the ChiComs.

Let's put some permanent structures on the moon and claim it for the US. Screw the UN and the Chinese.

[Willie Green]

With government money probably. No thanks.

This is 30-year-old buggywhip technology.
He'll outsource the task to the Chicoms to save money.

[Mark Felton]

The World Socialists will DEMAND a UN Resolution Approving the US Base on the moon!

wait and see....

[taxed2death]

With all the things in our beloved country that need fixin'...I can't think of a bigger waste of taxpayer money.

Tang , or teflon anybody?

[My2Cents]

"To the moon, Alice!"

[el_chupacabra]

I'm only interested if we can go up their and paint a giant smiley face on it, or a sign that says "Property of USA" or something else cool that I can see from my back yard. I've grown tired of the present color scheme.

[dead]

Maybe Bush will put a choo-choo train on the moon to make you happy Willie.

[My2Cents]

Hear hear!