Fraud
Hoax 
Posted on 02/15/2003 5:35:27 PM PST by meandog
WASHINGTON (AP) - Proof that life exists outside the boundaries of Earth continues to elude scientists, but President Bush's budget suggests that ``space aliens'' may be out there. And it could just be a matter of time before they are discovered.
In a brief passage titled ``Where Are the Real Space Aliens?'' Bush's budget document released Monday says several important scientific discoveries in the past decade indicate that ``habitable worlds'' in outer space may be much more prevalent than once thought.The finds include evidence of currently or previously existing large bodies of water - a key ingredient of life as we know it - on Mars and on Jupiter's moons.
The president calls for $279 million next year and $3 billion over five years for Project Prometheus, which includes building the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter.
Astronomers also are finding planets outside the solar system, including about 90 stars with at least one planet orbiting them.``Perhaps the notion that 'there's something out there' is closer to reality than we have imagined,'' the passage concludes.
The president calls for $279 million next year and $3 billion over five years for Project Prometheus, which includes building the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter.
"This mission will conduct extensive, in-depth studies of the moons of Jupiter that may harbor subsurface oceans and thus have important implications in the search for life beyond Earth," the budget reads.
The budget is the second time in recent months that the Bush administration has addressed questions about life in space.
On Dec. 24, the White House issued a September determination by Mr. Bush in which he followed his predecessors' lead by issuing a determination exempting the Air Force facility near Groom Lake, Nevada, from environmental laws allowing the release of classified information about the area.
Groom Lake is the place that UFO buffs call Area 51.
"I find that it is in the paramount interest of the United States to exempt the United States Air Force's operating location near Groom Lake … from any applicable requirement for the disclosure to unauthorized persons of classified information concerning that operating location," the president wrote.
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What a boondoggle! Complete waste of money and time. He's acting like a Damn-o-crap...I'm not saying that there's absolutely no life out there, but what if, in considering the billions of species and subspecies of plants as animals, as we humans are unique to the earth, we're also unique to the universe--as I believe God planned it!
``Where Are the Real Space Aliens?''
Actually that is easy to answer.
Saddam Hussein is hiding them in the deserts of Iraq.
but what if, in considering the billions of species and subspecies of plants as animals, as we humans are unique to the earth, we're also unique to the universe--as I believe God planned it!
But what if Saddam Hussein is telling the truth and he does not have any RSAs or WMD to protect himself from them, how can we justify a $50 Billion boondoggle just to satify our paranoia?
Besides
$279 million next year and $3 billion over five years for Project Prometheus
is cheap in comparison. Scratching that curiosty bump is so much more entertaining and interesting. Frontiers are what make life worth the effort. How boring to just sit back and never look beyond the mundane and known.
Hoax
Prometheus includes the new Plasma engine. Development of which will guarantee US Control of Space.
Definately a military issue, and worth every penny.
Transfer all the welfare budget to NASA, for all I care, it'd be better spent.
Or, they just may be the "gods" of old, who "came from the sky", as recorded in ancient texts, such as those of sumeria and the vedic texts.
Interestingly, some passages of the Bible read like a close encounter, especially Ezekiel.
With all due respect, your "Beliefs" are not fact.
Of course, neither are anyone elses in this matter. Therefore exploration is the answer.
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