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NASA to unveil plan for moon mission in 2018 (Been There. Done That.)
MSNBC.COM ^ | 9/15/05 | space.com

Posted on 09/15/2005 11:46:54 AM PDT by Airborne1986

WASHINGTON - NASA briefed senior White House officials Wednesday on its plan to spend $100 billion and the next 12 years building the spacecraft and rockets it needs to put humans back on the Moon by 2018.

The U.S. space agency now expects to roll out its lunar exploration plan to key Congressional committees on Friday and to the broader public through a news conference on Monday, Washington sources tell SPACE.com.

U.S. President George W. Bush called in January 2004 for the United States to return to the Moon by 2020 as the first major step in a broader space exploration vision aimed at extending the human presence throughout the solar system.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: highradiation; moon; noair; nowater; shado; space; whatthesamhillfor
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To: texson66

Got a point. American was settled by joint-stock companies..


21 posted on 09/15/2005 12:04:46 PM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: Airborne1986

Yeah, but think if it like this.......at least the wing nuts who claim the original moon landings were nothing but a big hoax will be proven wrong once and for all. I actually know people who think this is true, that NASA faked the whole thing.

It's not worth that much money though.......


22 posted on 09/15/2005 12:05:52 PM PDT by Dazedcat
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To: Airborne1986

Thats a lot of Tang.


23 posted on 09/15/2005 12:05:59 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: HitmanNY

My understanding is that not only are the plans gone, but so are all the tools and machines necessary to build a Sat5.


24 posted on 09/15/2005 12:06:00 PM PDT by Spruce
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To: Airborne1986

Hey, I'll go -- so long as I'm stationed up there with Lt. Ellis.


25 posted on 09/15/2005 12:06:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: HitmanNY

It took all that rocketry just to get 3 guys and a gokart there the last time. It's not cost efficient for a long term stay.


26 posted on 09/15/2005 12:06:31 PM PDT by tbpiper
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To: azemt

I bet the the "tinfoil" moon hoax people are loving this.


27 posted on 09/15/2005 12:07:18 PM PDT by TBall
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To: Airborne1986

Yes, but this time we're going to build a giant "LASER" there, and hold the Earth ransom for.... 1 million dollars! mu-wa-ha-ha, mu-wa-ha-ha


28 posted on 09/15/2005 12:09:35 PM PDT by Hard Way (Razor nothin'. I'm firing up Occam's Chain Saw)
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To: The_Victor
That's 0.167% of a $5tril budget.

I thought the budget was still around $2.2 trillion, but the way the GOP spends these days it may be around $5 trillion. You're right about the NASA budget not being that much on a percentage basis, but I'd rather see the money spent more wisely.

29 posted on 09/15/2005 12:11:20 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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To: Dazedcat
at least the wing nuts who claim the original moon landings were nothing but a big hoax will be proven wrong once and for all.

How so? After $100 billion they'll just say that this was an even more elaborate hoax.

30 posted on 09/15/2005 12:12:53 PM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: OrioleFan

"Thats a lot of Tang."

And Space Food Sticks.


31 posted on 09/15/2005 12:13:50 PM PDT by printhead
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To: The_Victor
$8.33 bil/year

That's 0.167% of a $5tril budget.

$8 billion here. $8 billion there. Pretty soon you're talkin' 'bout serious money.

32 posted on 09/15/2005 12:14:27 PM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Airborne1986

I am in favor of returning to the Moon..

but a question: Instead of spending 100 billion, why not pull the Apollo blueprints out of mothballs? If it worked then, it will work now.


33 posted on 09/15/2005 12:15:25 PM PDT by Uncle Joe Cannon
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To: Spruce
My understanding is that not only are the plans gone, but so are all the tools and machines necessary to build a Sat5.

Hmmm...perhaps it was all a hoax.

34 posted on 09/15/2005 12:15:46 PM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Peace will be here soon

Shades of Heinlein.


35 posted on 09/15/2005 12:16:11 PM PDT by Redcitizen (This line intentionally left blank)
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To: HitmanNY
Don't they have the old plans for the Saturn V rocket? It did the trick before.

They are going to use Shuttle technology which is almost as old. It will be over forty years old by the time the first trip is made, if it's made on time.

36 posted on 09/15/2005 12:16:17 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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To: Airborne1986

Well, considering that the original space program paid itself off several hundred fold in spinoffs and new technologies that led to growth. . . a good space program is effectively a VERY large Tax cut. . .


37 posted on 09/15/2005 12:16:30 PM PDT by Salgak (Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
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To: Airborne1986

I heard the Sierra Club wants us to go back and pick up the trash.


38 posted on 09/15/2005 12:17:52 PM PDT by rightinthemiddle (Free Speech is a Right. Being Wrong is Just...Wrong.)
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To: azemt

a,
Primitive by today's standards, no doubt. You know, I read once that all the computation, software, and other thinkery that went into the 1969 mission would fit on a single CD.

Funny thing is, kids today can't go to elementary school without their parents thinking they'll be morons without high speed laptops.

Humanity did alot of neat stuff before microchips.


39 posted on 09/15/2005 12:19:08 PM PDT by Gefreiter ("Are you drinking 1% because you think you're fat?")
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To: The_Victor

It all adds up...to $5,000,000,000,000,000...a few bucks at a time.


40 posted on 09/15/2005 12:19:37 PM PDT by rightinthemiddle (Free Speech is a Right. Being Wrong is Just...Wrong.)
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