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To: wagglebee
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't the Soviets unsuccessful in getting a man to the moon and then back alive?

That would be true. Besides, a military base on the moon with Earth as the target makes not the least bit of sense, zero sense tactically, zero sense strategically. It says right here that any military person that would plan otherwise more than about sizteen seconds should be busted down to E-1 and today.

3 posted on 09/20/2004 5:46:10 PM PDT by stevem
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To: stevem
a military base on the moon with Earth as the target makes not the least bit of sense

You never read "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress", did you?

Stable launch platform, and you dont even need nukes, just throw rocks at 'em

19 posted on 09/20/2004 5:55:08 PM PDT by Ford Fairlane
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To: stevem

As the Russian planned their base, yes, it probably had little military value. But if you want to know what Robert Heinlein thought about how a base on the moon (and armed with a catapault for slinging rocks) could be used in a war against targets on Earth, I invite you to read "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress."


27 posted on 09/20/2004 6:01:33 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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