Posted on 03/27/2019 8:23:56 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
“It is the stated policy of this administration and the United States of America to return American astronauts to the moon within the next five years,” Pence said.
The vice president also said the ambitious target — four years earlier than NASA’s current schedule for a moon landing — would be met “by any means necessary.”
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ROFL!!
I think, what, a smart phone has more power or technology than ALL of the computers used to get us to the moon then.
don’t quote me on that but it’s not far off.
Next we are going to start migrating west...
If things get tough, call Ralph Kramden. He does it for free :)
I don't want to pay for it.
Getting some sort of private consortium involved would make sense this time around.
It should be much, much cheaper this time around, and it’s the kind of thing that Elon Musk would be interested in.
Lucky for us computers were so primitive in those days. Otherwise:
Houston: "We copy that but the last part was garbled. Repeat."
Armstrong: "My daughter just told me the 24 hour clothes sale at Macy's is going to end tonight and I'd better okay her use of my card now or she won't have the handbag and gloves to match the shoes to cheer her up from breaking up with Jason. Sorry, Houston."
Is this for Muslim outreach?
ROFLMAO!!
Now we’ll have to deal with space ship selfies.
Apparently more like Martian outreach.
Quit being sensible.
I guess this is because China (supposedly) landed on the far side successfully?
I think I read somewhere that China has plans to use the moon as some kind of base either as a stepping stone to farther outer space and/or for military purposes.
Although the msm will hype it up bigly as the first woman on the moon, it will not captivate the world nearly as much as the Apollo program did.
Dude we did this the week I was BORN. ! July 9 69
Per the way he speaks in public, clearly Mike Pence is as much of a canned politician as they come. Trump should pick a new VP for 2020, one that will keep the Trump MAGA momentum going and can win the WH in 2024. Maybe a pro American with integrity like Devin Nunes or a member from the Congressional Freedom Caucus.
i worked at the Manned Spacecraft Center during the Apollo years. The IBM 7094 had 36k words of 36 bits.
I don’t know. I was born in ‘68 and I think it’d be pretty damn cool to watch live as someone walked on the moon - found the flag we left there etc...
The article says they want to use it as a stepping stone to mars.
Yeah, he comes across pretty “cold” and drier than dry. But, one election at a time. Once Trump wins again, there’s plenty of time to think about Pence. Or he could just decide not to run, ala Quayle.
If the current American experiment fails, a moon colony is a good place to rebirth it.
As on another thread...we don’t even have Orion “man rated” yet.
No plans are on the books for a new lander.
In other words...impossible by 2024
Wow!
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