Iowahawk: One Giant Leap: Come on America, Let's Put a Congress on the Moon

Iowahawk | July 20, 2009 | David Burge

[EveningStar]

It hardly seems possible that 40 years have now passed since Neil Armstrong put that puffy moon boot in the dusty surface of the Sea of Tranquility and uttered those immortal words -- "joke's over Aldrin, unlock the friggin' door."

Continued

[EveningStar]

ping

[DollyCali]

while we are at it, let’s take Michelle the Belle’s wardrobe & LEAVE IT THERE

[astyanax]

Love it!
"Yes, there are potential risks. That is why it would probably be a good idea to first have a test mission with a ship full of Astro-Congress test chimpanzees. When they splash down safely, we can then send up the real Congress while their replacement chimpanzees debate pressing national legislative issues. As for Congressmen who do not wish to join the mission, I have one word: chloroform."

[Bean Counter]

“Then we bounded out in search of our dog Buster’s steaming “moon rocks” for “moon rock fights.”

**snort**

[KarlInOhio]

At long last, let us realize mankind's most cherished dream -- sending the entire United States Congress to the Moon by 2010.

I get to be Range Control!

[RichInOC]

Hawk, what did the moon do to deserve that?

[shankbear]

Houston.....we have a problem.......they are on their way back.

[Nebr FAL owner]

Are you hoping to range safety the rocket shortly after lift off? 8*)

[KarlInOhio]

After? :-)

[Gaffer]

Only if we don’t supply the suits.

[tet68]

Shaking Fist. “To the moon Nanzi, to the moon!”

[Walrus]

Did anyone else get the feeling that this piece may have been ghost-written by Dave Barry?

Both guys are world-class humorists, but this just seemed to be more in Barry’s style of facetia.

[Marysecretary]

I would LOVE to personally send each one of them to the moon with a one-way ticket.

[EveningStar]

(I’m taking dighton’s Iowahawk ping list during his absence)

[aculeus]

Thanks for the ping.

(Hope dighton is okay.)

[martin_fierro]

(I’m taking dighton’s Iowahawk ping list during his absence)

(hope it's a vacation)

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[SunkenCiv]

There’s a recent book about Apollo, can’t recall the title (isn’t that useful, eh?), but while looking at it the other day, I laughed out loud when I read how the LEM designers left out an external handle on the door, so the astronauts had to be reminded to leave it open during the EVA.

[Dutchgirl]

There's a ping list? sign me up!

The beauty of my proposal is that our Astro-Congress is already on payroll -- and chock full of crisis tested problem-solving engineers. If they can take over the entire US auto industry and re-engineer the American heath care system in two weeks, surviving a Moon mission will be a snap!

Yes, there are potential risks. Especially with Chief Flight Engineer Ted Kennedy at the controls. But did fear of the unknown stop Lewis and Clark?