Posted on 01/19/2008 9:20:07 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares
It’s not about rocks.
The nations that lead on the frontier, dictate the course of human history.
Oh yeah. THATS what we need to spend money on.
I am no Rudy fan by any stretch. Been fighting hard for Thompson.
And yeah Rudy is pandering.
BUT..
Again.......The nations that lead on the frontier, dictate the course of human history.
“You have to keep pushing the frontier not just because it’s there, but because that’s how we find things that end up changing humanity,” -Paul Hill, Mission Control
Nations that take care of their people first, need not lead the world. My platitude sounds better than your platitude.
Nations that take care of their people first, need not lead the world. My platitude sounds better than your platitude.
The Moon? What the heck does that have to do with 9/11?
“Nations that take care of their people first, need not lead the world. My platitude sounds better than your platitude.”
Then America will descend into global irrelevancy. Like many european nations.
No thanks.
“Within a decade or two, the Chinese will be there. To stay - on a permanently manned base. So will the Russians, the Indians, and a bunch of other nations. So will we - even if there were nothing there, we wouldn’t let the Chinese and the others claim that nothing for themselves.”
THe “high ground” critically matters.
And it advance our nation in many ways when we reach far.
I wish more freepers understood that.
I am often surprised that many do not.
Good grief, what a pandering loser.
We will descend into global irrelevancy if we do not go to the moon? Really?
Do you mean going to the moon will save us from the amoral abyss into which we are falling? You can’t be serious! It is more likely to give us bread and circuses to keep us from rioting for another day.
We are already descending into irrelevancy, and going to the moon will not change any aspect of that.
In fact, overextending the tax burden on the US taxpayers is more likely to send us into irrelevancy than any benefit we would get from going back to the moon again.
How exactly will it make us more relevant?
All this effort is intended to do it to provide cover for the various black projects that the government is involved in, most of which have no meaningful public scrutiny...
But of course, this is just my opinion.
Not if we send Rudy back to NY first.
You are missing my pint on purpose, I believe. My point is that without a definite defined goal in mind, this is a massive waste of effort for a few to have an emotional high to put a few lines in our textbooks.
It has nothing to do with political beliefs. It has everything to do with a cost benefit approach to spending taxpayers’ money, using budgets taht are not fully visible to public scrutiny.
Rooty & algore, go up on our next unmanned rocket.
Again,
the nations that lead on the frontier, dictate the course of human history.
Astronaut Story Musgrave.....
“We have been a frontier culture. We were born out of exploration, we were born out of adventure. We were born out of the plains and the mountains. We’ve been a very physical kind of culture. And so, if you look at adventure, if you look at exploration, if you look at immersion in nature, a physical culture, and all those things, you can see directly how space flight relates to the way America has been born and how it evolved.”
ron paul is probably vowing to send NASA to the moon for the first time.
hahahahahahahahaha
seriously though, send NASCAR to the moon
These are all fine sentiments, but I have yet to hear anything that makes me think there is a good reason to do so now. Even the early explorers had financial backers who expected some very specific things as a result of their effort. Even if it was a risk, there was a clear goal in mind.
What budget do you seek for this nebulous warm fuzzy feeling about being a race of explorers? Would one trillion dollars over twenty years make us trailblazers again?
Most people in our society have never been explorers, and in fact most of those going west to settle it, were malcontents and unsuccessful in their lives, and they sought new opportunities. Where are the opportunities for a guy like me on the moon?
Unless you work for NASA, I can see none.
However, if you can give me an idea to pursue, that has some merit, then I might support it.
Again, if you removed the entries really going to the black budget for new weapons technology, what would it really cost?
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