That phrase alone moved people it inspired them to go and seek their fortune, to live freely. They had to be self reliant, they invented ways to survive and to exploit the resources available to them.
Now I know not everyone was "John Wayne", heck even John Wayne wasn't "John Wayne" but the opportunity was there, not just children were inspired but adults who craved and knew true freedom went west, just like they will move off planet if allowed.
I have always thought we stopped moving forward for one simple reason, Power and Control.
The one thing governments have learned from the Great American Experiment, is that colonies eventually thrive and then they become independent. Look at Washington D.C. and the hall monitors that run it, heck look at your neighborhood association, bitter little people who demand you live as they say not as they do.
Space is the next frontier, the next resource to exploit, the next expansion of the human spirit and it will happen with or with out America.
Romney and people like him can't see past their own power and control for the greater good.
Damn flatlander, at least that was my initial response to his statement thursday night.
-—I think we do need to go back to the moon and move beyond.——
You are correct. We need to look over the top of our rut. We need to look beyond the rut’s confining walls.
Much of the hardware is already designed. There is a private Nevada company with a functioning space station module already in space. For an already determined and advertised fee, they will build a larger station to suit.
In old Engineering News Record’s there are articles describing moon base structures of several designs for various purposes. There is at least one private company with vehicles capable of reaching beyond the earth
Newt is right. We have already much of the necessary technology available in private hands. The project is doable
Then there are China and Japan. Why go alone? Why not have some collaboration? We have all sorts of American/foreign design and construction joint ventures to carry out all sorts of projects. The work is done in English following long established American engineering protocols.
All of the companies involved, both foreign and domestic, know the process and could just as easily focus on the moon as the far deserts of Mongolia. Such consortia of multinational joint ventures built Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and soon Iraq. I’m doing my very small part next week on just such a project in Mongolia.
Newt is hated and dangerous because he thinks. No one else has his vision. He could lead the process of culling the non thinkers and cleansing the system
Damn flatlander, at least that was my initial response to his statement thursday night.
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My reaction was Oh my, he would have fired JFK, and the Russians would dominate the skies.