"Oh, you're a riot Alice. A regular riot. I hope they like that joke on the moon 'cause that's where you're goin!!!"
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Posted on 07/10/2004 2:04:56 PM PDT by frithguild
Interesting post!
The Senate never ratified the Moon Treaty, but the 1967 Treaty did get approval. The Moon Treaty was worse, but the 1967 Treaty was bad enough. Amazing that so many think the Moon Treaty is in force.
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Well, the essay still needs work then! Thanks.
There's nothing wrong with the essay that an alarm clock wouldn't fix.
Amazing also that this administration has caved in over the International Court on the only thing keeping any of us from being prosecuted and tried by an International Kangaroo Court comprised of Lord Haw Haws and Michael Moores....
It is time for a REALLY bold reassertion of national sovereignty.
It's pretty obvious how things are going. I just wonder why we are being kept from developing outer space. The socialists know quite well that private property rights or lack thereof is the only reason private industry is still missing from outer space, and they know that gov't will never develop outer space. So it is clear that we are being prevented from developing outer space. Why?
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Not until they have a Starbucks.
I already look at the $10,000/lb. to LEO number as an anachronism harking back to the big government era of space exploration. With new, private means of getting into space, the old era is rapidly coming to a close.
We are starting to see a small shift in regards to space to stop thinking about it as a playground for government and scientists only.
It is starting to be viewed as a place for commercial development, human settlement and the occasional exploration.
We should see this shift occur gradually as more people realize that private space development is the way to go and government activity for propaganda and exploration only was a historical dead end.
China is on a mad dash to get to the Moon ... why?
Energy.
Whoever developes the Moon first will control the Earth.
"Oh, you're a riot Alice. A regular riot. I hope they like that joke on the moon 'cause that's where you're goin!!!"
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Back when the One Small Step quote was made, it was interpreted to be "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Only later were we told that is was actually "for a man" due to radio interference obscuring the "a." Personally, having heard this replayed numeerous times, I don't think there was any interference, merely revisionists trying to cover up the mistake that Armstrong made during the excitement of the moment.
Would you lay out for us a profitable outer space operation private industry is missing out on?
Was there year-round school anywhere in the US in 1969? Because the landing was on July 20. And...July 20 was a SATURDAY that year. Methinks this gent is in the early stages of Alzheimer's.
Think of the competition should the moon be mined for its cheese. ;-)
It would be wonderful if this administration could
assert national sovereignty through a space program
that captivates and inspires Americans just as the
Mercury,Gemini and Apollo programs did decades earlier.
Unfortunately I don't think so.
Go USA!
In the Heinlein science fiction novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress there is a terrible scenario where large rocks (asteroid size) are launched from the moon against the earth. The impact is equivalent to large nuclear weapons. There would be no way to stop such an attack.
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