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NASA may abandon plans for Moon base

By T.K. Randall
May 2, 2009 · Comment icon 60 comments

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It is believed NASA may abandon its plans to build a base on the Moon and instead focus its efforts on manned missions to Mars or near-Earth asteroids. The agency is still thought to be sending humans back to the Moon by 2020.
NASA will probably not build an outpost on the moon as originally planned, the agency's acting administrator, Chris Scolese, told lawmakers on Wednesday. His comments also hinted that the agency is open to putting more emphasis on human missions to destinations like Mars or a near-Earth asteroid."


Source: New Scientist | Comments (60)




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Comment icon #51 Posted by chaoszerg 15 years ago
NASA, from its inception by Paper Clip funded renegade Nazi scientists to the Nasa of today which is represented to be a puppet of the military industrial complex we see that they clearly aren't here for OUR best interests. Regardless of "helping" 3rd world countries as somebody so ignorantly pointed it out, will it matter when they kills us? Or maybe I'm crazy, there's no way they would put there efforts into killing innocent civilians, I mean just look at the V2 rockets that reigned hell over Europe during WW2, that's the craftsmanship of the very scientists we're "pardoning" that are still ... [More]
Comment icon #52 Posted by 747400 15 years ago
You've got to hand it to NASA. Not only did they not go to the moon, but instead seemed to make not only everyone on earth but also the astronauts themselves think that they did through the assistance of LSD, they also, despite this and at the same time, not only discovered alien cities on the moon and, probably, Mars, but they carried out manned missions beyond the solar system as well. I see. (I do like the idea, incidentally, of "a project too insane to fathom". A most useful argument. It's so much easier than having to think of anything, isn't it.)
Comment icon #53 Posted by The Silver Thong 15 years ago
They are also helping to invent things that will destroy the world... Well if thats the case maby we will just have to wait for another great flood to take care of things. Seems god has a way of sorting things out according to you. If you believe in gods plan than we are right on track or did god F everything up. This was way off topic but the point I'm making will be for Haj01.
Comment icon #54 Posted by Shush_rules 15 years ago
This post failed on so many levels that the amount of face palming I did made my hands drop off. I now have to type with my feet. Does that mean your not going to post anymore pointless comments? He pointed out some interesting things, such as the lack of technology to send man to the moon. Do you have anything decent to add about the fact that America launched few successful test flight and then miraculously sent astronauts to the moon and back? Or are you just going to keep making those hilarious face palm comments?' edited because i was proved wrong
Comment icon #55 Posted by SincereVisionz 15 years ago
Could this have anything to do with the supposed alien moon base up there why we can't commit to going back to the moon but can sit in a space staion all day just floating around looking dumb doing nothing. I believe we went to the moon because there was a ton of testing and practice. EVEN DEATHS involved with getting ready for that. Plus why would NASA have a reason to lie and spend millions of dollars for a HOAX?...don't know
Comment icon #56 Posted by Shush_rules 15 years ago
Plus why would NASA have a reason to lie and spend millions of dollars for a HOAX?...don't know To win the space race which Russia was flogging them in?
Comment icon #57 Posted by danielost 15 years ago
Does that mean your not going to post anymore pointless comments? He pointed out some interesting things, such as the lack of technology to send man to the moon. Do you have anything decent to add about the fact that America couldn't launch a single successful test flight and then miraculously sent astronauts to the moon and back? Or are you just going to keep making those hilarious face palm comments? here is a successful flight test http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mr-3/mr-3.htm
Comment icon #58 Posted by Shush_rules 15 years ago
here is a successful flight test http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mr-3/mr-3.htm should probably change my post to FEW successful test flights
Comment icon #59 Posted by chaseh1 15 years ago
Looks like NASA failed to find another studio haha
Comment icon #60 Posted by 747400 15 years ago
Does that mean your not going to post anymore pointless comments? He pointed out some interesting things, such as the lack of technology to send man to the moon. Do you have anything decent to add about the fact that America launched few successful test flight and then miraculously sent astronauts to the moon and back? Or are you just going to keep making those hilarious face palm comments?' If you're interested in the facts or otherwise about the moon missions, you might perhaps be interested in an extremely long running thread in the Conspiracies & Secret Societies forum entitled "Did we... [More]


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