Posted on 12/06/2013 5:25:38 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
I think that that UN Moon guy should be targeted....
We’re ceding the high ground.
Control of space can certainly mean control of the planet.
They are going to the moon on the interest we owe them on our debt. We can only watch and remember that, at least, we were the first to land and for peaceful purposes.
If we intend to move out into the rest of the solar system, the moon will be the most likely launch platform. The gravity is low enough that a lot of payloads can probably be launched into lunar orbit with railguns.
FWIW…..It’s still so hard to believe that more men have walked on the Moon over a four year period than had signed up for 0bamacare on the first day of October...
The high ground is exactly what it represents. Whoever controls the high ground controls the engagement. That was true in WWII, in terms of control of Germany’s air space. Newt Gingrich once suggested we build a base on the moon, for which he was lambasted by the supposedly scientifically-minded progressive liberals.
If the Chinese build a military facility on the moon, they’ll probably call it CAMP CLINTON. They received our space secrets for the cost of a few hundred thousand bucks to the Clinton campaign.
Not really. Does China have a national park on the moon?
Sorry, NASA’s much too busy fellating 7th century goathumpers . . .
That was good.
These proposed missions to an asteroid and Mars are just misdirection IMO. Obama has no intention of allowing the US to take a space leadership roll at all and these long range ideas are just red herrings for public consumption. If China or others build facilities on the moon, the US will simply cheer them on. We need completely new leadership in the US before anything bold and real is considered again.
Yep. Newt was laughed at and mocked for this. *sigh*
China will declare an ADIZ around the Moon, if the United States fails to act.
Related and amazing story: http://www.thecredits.org/2013/09/bras-in-space-the-incredible-true-story-behind-upcoming-film-spacesuit/
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