Democrats See Plot in TransOrbital's Moon Plans (Snicker :)

The Space Policy Digest BBS ^ | 14:59 GMT on 15 Sep 2002 | Mark R. Whittington

[anymouse]

A site calling itself www.democrats.com has a series of hysterical posts about TransOrbital's plan to send a private mission to the Moon.

"While Nation Looks the Other Way on 9/11 Anniversary, Bush Gives Moon to Private Corporation for 'Industrial Development' Like all the other international laws, Bush is now ignoring those pertaining to space. As America is distracted by 9/11 remembrances and warnings of new threats, His Heinous has turned the moon over to a private, for-profit corporation called TransOrbital that has a far-reaching, frigthening agenda for the corporate domination of space. All TransOrbital had to do was promise not to contaminate and pollute the moon - yeah, right. That's what the oil companies say about ANWR. There was no Congressional vote - not even any consultation. Bush simply acted as if the moon were his to give away. The TransOrbital venture could be disastrous for the globe - no scientist today could predict yet how adding mass to the moon via human infrastructure or removing mass, via mining, will impact the delicate gravitational interplay between Earth and its only satellite. The moon belongs to all the people of the Earth - not to George. W. Bush or his friends at TransOrbital."

The Artemis Society is a right wing front, by the way.

"TransOrbital Just Like Bush - Long on Grandiosity and Corporate Schemes, Short on Real Science The company that Bush turned the moon over to as its personal corporate playground is a chip off the old Blockhead. Check out this home page: http://www.transorbital.net/index.html - notice the ad at the top of the page, where the company brags that it will make it possible to display commercial messages on the surface of the moon. Now check this site out for the Artemis Society - the group that is behind TransOrbital. It reminds us of those rghtwing front sites that lead to multiple front sites and nothing is what it seems. You'll notice that their web host calls itself the "Illuminati" and as based in Texas. How Bush/Rumsfeld/Cheney can you get!? Here's another one of their "subsites": Project Leto, a moon tourism outfit based in Las Vegas to attract the glitzy crowd."

Of course it is all a Bush plot to seize the Moon for evil purposes.

"U.S. Military Control of Space from the Moon: The Real Plan behind TransOrbital's Permission to 'Develop' the Moon? Everyone by now knows with painful clarity that the Bush administration does not do a single thing without having something in it for them, and usually something big and juicy. Now put two and two together: Bush gives a wacko commercial company with a scheme called the Artemis Project the green light to be the first to commandeer the moon, commercially - that means patents and legal privilege of a sweeping and unprecedent nature. Now add to that the USS Space Command's long range plan - military control of space. It doesn't take more than two neurons to figure out that once the Artemis Project gets its foot in the lunar door, the "state-sponsored" construction of a military space base will follow."

The Left has always been against government funded space exploration. Looks like they are against commercial space exploration as well. Thanks to Doug Haston on sci.space.policy for pointing this one out.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Democrats See Plot in TransOrbital's Moon Plans (Snicker :)
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 18:49:21 -0500
From: Steve Jackson
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Euw. Well, we can hope that they'll stay home when the rest of us take off.

Steve Jackson - yes, of SJ Games - yes, we won the Secret Service case
Learn Web or die - http://www.sjgames.com - dinosaurs, Lego, Kahlua!
The heck with PGP keys; finger for Geek Code. Fnord.

[anymouse]

Privious FR thread: Company gets approvals for moon mission -- San Diego's TransOrbital Inc

Try not to read this while drinking or eating anything, else you may need to clean your screen and keyboard after laughing hysterically. :)

I'm sure both the officers of TransOrbital and President Bush would be surprised to know that they were such good friends. :)

Of course these brain surgeons would find it embarrassing to note that Steve Jackson, the President of the ISP, Illuminati Online named it tongue-in-cheek after a fictitious secret organization created in one the games that his other company Steve Jackson Games produced nearly 2 decades ago.

[Clara Lou]

The Democrats do have their share of cuckoo birds, don't they?

[Russell Scott]

And I thought, according to Jesse Hijackson, that Bush's plans to "rule the world" was bad enough, but the moon too! Warn the Martians, the Bushies are coming, the Bushies are coming!

[Dialup Llama]

I think this is a right wing site meant to make the Dems look ridiculous, but since the Dems are so ridiculous all by themselves I can't tell if it is a parody site.

[LRS]

no scientist today could predict yet how adding mass to the moon via human infrastructure or removing mass, via mining, will impact the delicate gravitational interplay between Earth and its only satellite.

What absolute rubbish! How much mass has been added to and subtracted from the moon over the millions of years via impacts, yet there it still sits?

[parsifal]

Do not tease the Democrats or they might spill the beans about Bush. Over at a certain 'Rat cellar (in the general discussion lobby) they have discovered that W is gay. They even have a picture of his boyfriend. If we irritate them they might tell the world. parsy the prowling freeper.

[LRS]

It must be a joke.

[sweetliberty]

ROTFL! I see you've rested up and are back to your old self.

[ZOOKER]

ALL YOUR SPACE ARE BELONG TO US!

[freeforall]

"The Real Plan behind TransOrbital's Permission to 'Develop' the Moon?"

Soon they will start a campaign to keep the moon in pristine condition!

[anymouse]

Ping for all who might enjoy this non-sense.

[parsifal]

I'm getting there. Trying to find a way out of the B'day party. Double-checking the time. Y'all need to allow about 2 1/2 to 3 hours to get there what with the road construction. I'm burning up to get knowhillary.com up and running. Oh do I have some perfectly wicked ideas! I'll freepmail you a few. parsy the devil.

[sweetliberty]

Check the Arkansas page...we're considering bumping the meeting to 2 pm. Kenny wants to get back in time for that deal he posted about....also on the Arkansas page. It's not the same without you. So if there's any way we can help get you out of the party....well, let us know. By the way, Brent was at that meeting today and sent you a signed copy of his book. Bobbie has it.

[Illbay]

Why is it that Democrats are SO VERY INTENT that we follow international law to the letter.

But they don't give a fart in a whirlwind whether U.S. laws are observed--c.f. the entire Clinton administration?

[parsifal]

Oh thank you! I wish I had found out about the meeting earlier. I was looking for a reason to git out of the house. PS-check your freepy-weepy maily-waily! parsy.

[freeforall]

Another Capitalist plot to destroy the pristine environment of outer space.

[Honcho]

The moon belongs to all the people of the Earth


Last time I checked the moon was "flying" an American flag.

[Bubba_Leroy]

The TransOrbital venture could be disastrous for the globe - no scientist today could predict yet how adding mass to the moon via human infrastructure or removing mass, via mining, will impact the delicate gravitational interplay between Earth and its only satellite

Aaaah! The sky is falling, the sky is falling!!!

ROFLOL.

[Jonah Hex]

I knew there was a diabolical plot behind this! Has anybody seen Martin Landau or Barbara Bain recently?

;-)

[Jonah Hex]

Oh, and by the way...

EAGLES UP!!!

:-)