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[different]

It's obvious. They are going up there to destroy the moon! It's true! NASA has reason to belive invisible, untouchable aliens live on the moon with a peace loving life style. The US government is not going to stand for this and going up to blast those aliens off the face of the Earth ... uh, I mean moon.

      

[MID]

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maybe they will but my point being so many people here have said a return to the moon is pointless

so either they are wrong

or NASA is
wonder who ?

People who say it's pointless haven't a clue as to the benefits space exploration has provided for mankind to date.   The benefits of the future exploration of space will be immense and far reaching.

[MID]

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Yes NASA has lost their minds:
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum...showtopic=59497

But to address the moon issue:
We MUST, and fast! China intends to establish the first moon base. We must get there first, or immediately afterwards. A whole new era of colonilization will occur, on top of everything else happening aroung that time.

Unless of course you simply hold to the belief that no nation abides by its signatures on treaties, there should be little worry about China building a moon base.   That will be a long way in the future, likely long after everyone on this forum is long since rotted away.

China is a signatory (along with the U.S, France, Russia, England, and Spain...as well as anyone else who signed it after it was originally ratified in 1967) of the
TREATY ON PRINCIPALS GOVERNING THE ACTIVITIES OF STATES IN THE EXPLORATION AND USE OF OUTER SPACE, INCLUDING THE MOON AND OTHER CELESTIAL BODIES.

...A document that was somewhat poingnantly signed in Washington, D.C. on the very day that the Apollo 1 crew met their demise in the fire at the Cape  (today in fact!), and which was witnessed by Astronaut Neil Armstrong, specifically prohibits any territorial claims by participating states, or any place on the moon as national land.

It also prohibits any weapons of mass destruction or military bases being established in space or on any body in space...if in fact that was your worry, or the reason for the rush.

The moon is not available for the establishment of political or military territorial outposts.  No one can ever lay claim to any place on the moon in the name of any nation, which is why we didn't do it when we went there in 1969, 1971, and 1972.   We came in peace for all mankind sort of said it all.

Edited by MID, 27 January 2006 - 02:34 AM.

[et's daddy]

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People who say it's pointless haven't a clue as to the benefits space exploration has provided for mankind to date.   The benefits of the future exploration of space will be immense and far reaching.

well many of them seem to be of the idea that there is nothing on the moon worth going back for

im not sure how they come to that conclusion

seems like an alien coming to earth for the 1st time
landing in a desert
and after looking around for a couple hours, deciding that this planets sucks and leaving and never coming back

doesnt sound right

[MID]

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well many of them seem to be of the idea that there is nothing on the moon worth going back for

im not sure how they come to that conclusion

seems like an alien coming to earth for the 1st time
landing in a desert
and after looking around for a couple hours, deciding that this planets sucks and leaving and never coming back

doesnt sound right

No it doesn't quite sound right...
Unless, of course, they intercepted and understood some of our TV broadcasts while sitting there looking about.


I'd probably leave, and never come back if I were an alien and got a load of some of that stuff   .

[Ford]

We are going back to the moon because someone told Dubbya there is oil up there.

There are actually several good reasons for returning to the moon. We could build a bigger telescope on the moon, one that would be unhampered by the atmosphere, and one bigger than hubble. We could set up a space station there to set up for future space missions. We could experiment with things on the moon that we can't do on
Earth, like growing food in a space environment. If we are ever going to reach the stars, this is a step in the right direction.

[MID]

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We are going back to the moon because someone told Dubbya there is oil up there.

There are actually several good reasons for returning to the moon. We could build a bigger telescope on the moon, one that would be unhampered by the atmosphere, and one bigger than hubble. We could set up a space station there to set up for future space missions. We could experiment with things on the moon that we can't do on
Earth, like growing food in a space environment. If we are ever going to reach the stars, this is a step in the right direction.

Yep.

And that just scratches the surface.

[Hatz]

The moon has lost all its wonder for most people.
It exausted our ambitions when we couldn't tell if we'd even been there.
It's turned into a dissapointment for a lot of enthusiasts.
In short, let's hurry up and get to mars.

[et's daddy]

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The moon has lost all its wonder for most people.
It exausted our ambitions when we couldn't tell if we'd even been there.
It's turned into a dissapointment for a lot of enthusiasts.
In short, let's hurry up and get to mars.

few problems

ALOT of people werent alive or old enough to remember the last trip to the moon


the moon was never fully explored to saisfy many people


the moon could be a stepping stone to mars

[Hatz]

^o^ Yeah I know it could be a stepping stone to mars! That's why I said, hurry up the moon landing and let's go hug some mars men!!

[Mr. Blonde]

I love that idea of Helium-3, sounds like a good fuel for this planet.

[cerberusxp]

ok so this helium-3 is it in ice form on the dark side? or do they have to bring lots of gear to extract it from the dust? Either way it's logistics night mare.

[cerberusxp]

Then again mankind is destend for space  

[duppidaa]

OR maby the apes are starting to grow weed and they hawe just founded the gravity bong  and now its nasas turn to go crunch the weed from the addict monkeeys

[mike^_^]

nothings impossible