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Possible Israeli Moon Mission
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| 1.29.04
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Posted on 01/29/2004 2:37:48 PM PST by ambrose
Possible Israeli Moon Mission
For thousands of years the Jewish people have looked to the moon to calculate the celebration of holidays and dictate the configuration of the Jewish lunar calendar - now it appears as though the Jewish state may send an astronaut to actually walk upon it.
Israel's Ambassador to the U.S., Daniel Ayalon, told "Globes" Wednesday that Israel wishes to renew its cooperation with America's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to send a second Israeli astronaut into space. "There is a good chance that another Israeli astronaut will fly to outer space in a shuttle or other spacecraft," said Ayalon. "I wouldn't rule out the possibility that an Israeli astronaut will land on the moon, as part of U.S. efforts to establish a permanent base there."
Ayalon is scheduled to meet NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe during a ceremony marking the anniversary of Columbia space shuttle disaster, in which Israel's only astronaut, Colonel Ilan Ramon, and the six other crew members were killed.
Israel Defense and Armed Forces Attaché to the US Major-General Moshe Evry Sukenik will coordinate the preparations for Israel's next space mission, which Ayalon sees as a continuation of Colonel Ilan Ramon's unfinished mission.
Ramon had brought with him to space a picture drawn by a 14-year-old Jewish boy murdered in Auschwitz during the Holocaust. The drawing shows a view of Earth from the moon, as imagined by Petr Ginz, a multi-talented youth, who like Ilan Ramon was very interested in science. Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust museum has placed the original picture on display in memory of both Petr Ginz and Colonel Ilan Ramon.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel
KEYWORDS: israel; mars; moon; nasa
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posted on
01/29/2004 2:37:49 PM PST
by
ambrose
To: ambrose
Someone is going to suggest that a Palestinian should go, too.
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posted on
01/29/2004 2:42:37 PM PST
by
newheart
(The Kingdom of Heaven has open borders. But it also has citizenship requirements.)
To: ambrose
Now wouldn't THAT be a kick in the head to the moon god worshippers!
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posted on
01/29/2004 2:42:54 PM PST
by
TomSmedley
((technical writer looking for work!))
To: newheart
They're welcome to come too, when they can figure out how to build something besides bombs.
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posted on
01/29/2004 2:45:04 PM PST
by
ambrose
To: newheart
Maybe the entire Palestinian people can go?
To: newheart
Now the Zionist oppressors are going to occupy the Moon. Soon you'll hear about the indiginous peoples of the Moon, who nobody knew about before, displaced by the Jews.
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posted on
01/29/2004 2:52:28 PM PST
by
BCrago66
To: ambrose
Jews In Space !!!!!!!!!
Now where is the Obligatory Mel Brooks Pic?
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posted on
01/29/2004 2:58:27 PM PST
by
cmsgop
( How Come Vic Tayback Never Won an Oscar ???????????????????????????????)
To: cmsgop
To: BCrago66; Simcha7; 2sheep; Alouette; dennisw; Yehuda; hellinahandcart; dighton; aculeus
Now the Zionist oppressors are going to occupy the Moon. Soon you'll hear about the indiginous peoples of the Moon, who nobody knew about before, displaced by the Jews.
To: cmsgop
To: Thinkin' Gal
Thats the one!!!!!!!!
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posted on
01/29/2004 3:08:49 PM PST
by
cmsgop
( How Come Vic Tayback Never Won an Oscar ???????????????????????????????)
To: ambrose
Great!
You can put a man on the moon, but cannot kill Arafat?
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posted on
01/29/2004 3:12:20 PM PST
by
lormand
(Dead People Vote DemocRAT)
To: ambrose
The Moon is about 240,000 miles away. But for you... 199,995. |
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posted on
01/29/2004 3:22:44 PM PST
by
Nick Danger
( With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.)
To: ambrose
For thousands of years the Jewish people have looked to the moon to calculate the celebration of holidays and dictate the configuration of the Jewish lunar calendar
Boy, no snide comments about the Jews worshipping a "Moon God" yet?
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posted on
01/29/2004 3:23:31 PM PST
by
John H K
To: TomSmedley
Now wouldn't THAT be a kick in the head to the moon god worshippers! Are they really moon god worshippers? They say no, we say yes. A kick in the head to them either way. Way to go!
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posted on
01/29/2004 3:30:40 PM PST
by
Salman
(Mickey Akbar)
To: ambrose
We are already propping up the nation of Israel to the tune of billions of dollars each year, PLUS the billions of tribute we pay to their enemies. Whose going to pay for an Israeli space program?
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posted on
01/29/2004 3:31:21 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(Socialism is Slavery)
To: Thinkin' Gal
Chabad on the Moon.
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posted on
01/29/2004 3:31:48 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: BenLurkin
Whose{sic} going to pay for an Israeli space program? You people are so predictable. I was waiting for such a response and you didn't disappoint. Yawn.
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posted on
01/29/2004 3:37:29 PM PST
by
Blennos
(hoste, opto ut seis felicior.)
To: Blennos
Okay, I'll bite. What is the boring answer to my boring question?
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posted on
01/29/2004 3:45:43 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(Socialism is Slavery)
To: ambrose
Very misleading headline.
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