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NASA to unveil plan for moon mission in 2018 (Been There. Done That.)
MSNBC.COM ^ | 9/15/05 | space.com

Posted on 09/15/2005 11:46:54 AM PDT by Airborne1986

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To: montag813

"Unless we are spending $100 billion to ship back 1,000s of container ships with Helium-3, this entire mission is a waste of time."

I bet a lot of europeans thought that way about going to North America too, instead saying 'bring gold'.

Very short sighted.


101 posted on 09/19/2005 1:05:43 PM PDT by Lauretij2
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To: tomahawk; Airborne1986; texson66; untenured; Peace will be here soon; Hard Way; rightinthemiddle; ..

Please read my post above, and for those of you who see "Shades of Heinlein" your right. If he could think that up 50 years ago I am dammed well sure the Chinese can see it now.


102 posted on 09/19/2005 1:07:48 PM PDT by tricky_k_1972 (Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
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To: tricky_k_1972

Oop's, didn't think it would advance that afst see post # 99.


103 posted on 09/19/2005 1:09:32 PM PDT by tricky_k_1972 (Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
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There is a difference between supporting space exploration for military value and " searching for evidence of life" on Mars or somewhere else.

Nobody has suggested that a trip to the moon would be anything but an exploration mission. So with that, I don`t support it.

In my earlier post, I suggested that private business should have invested in "space exploration", and believing if it had, we would be much more advanced in that area as a world, not necessarily as a nation. What business is it for our government to be looking for lifeforms out in the great beyond?

Also, the tax money that was spent on space exploration so far could have been better used in other areas ( which included the military, if it meant a missle defence system, so be it ).

But for military purposes, I would support the government in such an avenue 100%. I believe NASA should be converted to take a military role, and not be some science research juggernaut for the "there must be life out there somewhere" crowd.. It is stupid and a waste of money.


104 posted on 09/19/2005 2:45:26 PM PDT by Peace will be here soon (Liberal definition of looting: " Self-help Humanitarian Aid.")
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I'm sorry I haven't heard much of anybody saying going back to the moon would be for an "exploratory" mission other than to find if there was frozen ice in craters on the poles, which really isn't just for exploration when you consider the ice can be used for fuel, oxygen, power and food production for a self sufficient base of a potential permanent habitation.


105 posted on 09/19/2005 6:38:55 PM PDT by tricky_k_1972 (Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
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I bet a lot of europeans thought that way about going to North America too, instead saying 'bring gold'. Very short sighted.

Fine, Bush can have his Mission to the Moon if he scraps the "No Child Left Behind" boondoggle, or slashes the Energy Department's budget by 50%. Enough of getting the Chinese to banroll our adventures. Time to trim the fat. And at least 30% of Washington's outlays are "fat".

106 posted on 09/19/2005 8:00:49 PM PDT by montag813
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"I'm sorry I haven't heard much of anybody saying going back to the moon would be for an "exploratory" mission other than to find if there was frozen ice in craters on the poles, which really isn't just for exploration when you consider the ice can be used for fuel, oxygen, power and food production for a self sufficient base of a potential permanent habitation."

It doesn`t take a manned mission to do that.


107 posted on 09/19/2005 10:30:24 PM PDT by Peace will be here soon (Liberal definition of looting: " Self-help Humanitarian Aid.")
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To: Airborne1986

We're being followed by a moon shadow.


108 posted on 09/20/2005 5:56:43 AM PDT by LurkedLongEnough (The more you think, the more time you have. -- Henry Ford)
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