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Re: No more return to the moon
Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 00:35
by TSR2
The Trillions of dollars deficit was there before George W left office mate. I don't really get US politics, but thats a well documented fact
Re: No more return to the moon
Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 03:08
by Chris Trott
A deficit was there and then Obama tripled it. That is the fact. He also intends to triple it again this year and then keep it going for the next 20.
Sorry, but instead of killing the things he's been told are not what the people want to cut his deficit, he's just killing everything else, including all of the jobs he claimed he wanted to save.
Re: No more return to the moon
Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 09:26
by NigelC
When they first landed on the moon, they were fighting a war in a third-world country against insurgents with AK's....sound familiar?
Re: No more return to the moon
Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 10:54
by VEGAS
Maybe Bill Gates will show interest and have the first m$ workstation on the moon.
Re: No more return to the moon
Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 12:25
by speedbird591
Oh well, I was never going to go anyway. At least I've still got Futurama!
Ian
Re: No more return to the moon
Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 12:34
by Garry Russell
VEGAS wrote:Maybe Bill Gates will show interest and have the first m$ workstation on the moon.
Or maybe he could lend them the money out of his monthly allowance
Re: No more return to the moon
Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 12:52
by VEGAS
Garry Russell wrote:VEGAS wrote:Maybe Bill Gates will show interest and have the first m$ workstation on the moon.
Or maybe he could lend them the money out of his monthly allowance
What about the other $100 Billion?
Re: No more return to the moon
Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 14:02
by jonesey2k
Anybody up for creating a Luna mining corporation? We'd make billions selling Helium 3 back on earth...
Re: No more return to the moon
Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 21:05
by John
jonesey2k wrote:Anybody up for creating a Luna mining corporation? We'd make billions selling Helium 3 back on earth...
Yeah but then the moon would break out of earth orbit and... (that's another show I think
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Kind regards
John
Re: No more return to the moon
Posted: 02 Feb 2010, 22:10
by Jetstreamsky
I think it's a real shame, when you stifle grand goals you stifle innovation and the economy. Now it seems NASA is supposed to generate technologies without defining real goals. Throughout history this leads to white elephants projects, that spend a lot of money and achieve nothing. How many successful aircraft projects were developed without any idea of the actual requirements verses projects developed to meet a definite need. Bristol Brabazon verses Spitfire for example.