Posted on 07/23/2005 4:14:04 AM PDT by demlosers
"Shut up, Barney."
I was just going to post the same thing. lol. Thanks.
I will support the trip if the Democrat leaders in Congress are the first crew and agree to stay. Let Sheila Jackson Lee plant her own flag up there. Down there? Over there? Where in the heck is Mars?
This is ONLY a good idea if the project is ONLY a U.S.A. project with no foreign connections whatsoever and all data is kept "at home"!!!!!!!!!
"This is ONLY a good idea if the project is ONLY a U.S.A. project with no foreign connections whatsoever and all data is kept "at home"!!!!!!!!!"
Roger that. It's directly relateable to national security.
A gigantically expensive space trip in the middle of a so-called war (in which we can't provide sufficient troop strength nor protect those that are there)?
This is the kind of thinking that made America great! If not for our drive for exploration and expansion, we would still be 13 small states along the East Coast of North America. The exploration of space constitutes less than 1% of the federal budget, but it is critical for national morale, inspiring the next generation of students, advancing technology, and establishing America as the preeminent culture on Earth. The Apollo program helped us win the Cold War with far fewer casualties by convincing our enemies that America can accomplish anything that we set our minds to. Imagine the effect on some kid living in a mud hut in the Middle East who looks up and knows that America has a colony on the Moon while he is living in an 8th Century nightmare. Space exploration is not the whole answer, but it is part of the answer.
The Best weapon of mass destruction is the one that took out the dinosaurs. It makes everything the Islamofascists come up with pale by comparison.
Only an ongoing presence in space can provide us the wherewithal to deal with space-borne problems, as the recent cometary impact probe should demonstrate.
Moreover, Mankind's ultimate destiny lies in expanding to other worlds, or perishing here. That particular factor in the Drake equation is the biggest unknown in our future.
The only safe directions to not point are true North and South. Mars is farther from the Sun than we are, but since it orbits the Sun also, it could be on the other side of it from us.
At some point, it would possibly be useful to many who are interested, to have a watch that gives us such an orientation. Present time and season on Mars, as well as its current position in orbit relative to Earth.
Now might be the time to invest in the company that will produce such a consumer item.
Better than paying for welfare mommas and foreign aid for despots that hate us.
It would be a bitch to head for Mars and run into the Sun.
Now might be the time to invest in the company that will produce such a consumer item
Go get 'em, Bob. I think you are the man for the job.
Actually, it could be quite a convenient shortcut. Remember the slingshot maneuver? It could take months off the time of a traditional trip to Mars.
Actually going into the Sun would be a bad thing, however. Solar protection factor only goes so high, you know.
I agree, however, I favor more invovlement by private industry....
Maybe NASCAR drivers should be recruited as astronauts.
A Mars clock is an excellent idea. In fact, timekeeping on the moon has to be resolved. What did they do with the Rovers? Decimal marsday?
Excuse me, but how has time on the Moon been resolved?
I just wish Scotty could have lived to see it happen.
"This is ONLY a good idea if the project is ONLY a U.S.A. project with no foreign connections whatsoever and all data is kept "at home"!!!!!!!!!"
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Roger that. It's directly relateable to national security.
Despite national security concerns, the Bush Administration will outsource this to India.
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