Thabtos
Hopkinsville Goblin
I can't believe the President used the Sputnik metaphor in the State of Union Address tonight. Any other U.S. President would have use a different metaphor, that of Kennedy's mandate to put a man on the moon. Our current President unfortunately couldn't use that old chestnut because he's spent the better part of his first term dismantling space flight and killing the U.S.'s plans to put a base on the moon.
By 2020 China will send a human to the moon. The U.S. will not, nor will they have the means to.
It may sound corny and far out to a lot of people, but the survival of humanity depends on our ability to colonize other planets, in other solar systems. We will always have war and poverty and other social issues as long as we exist, but if we don't begin work on exploring our universe, we won't have to worry about the other issues.
I think it's despicable that some people who claim to be experts on space like that hack Phl Plait don't complain when the Constellation program is murdered because it's "too bloated" and fail to consider that shooting a man to the moon would cost a fraction of the $1,142,953,899,999+ we've spent in Iraq and Afghanistan just shooting people.
Sorry to vent, but it really pisses me off that here I sit in the 21st century, reminiscing about the pinnacle of U.S. manned space exploration...the 1960's and 70's.
By 2020 China will send a human to the moon. The U.S. will not, nor will they have the means to.
It may sound corny and far out to a lot of people, but the survival of humanity depends on our ability to colonize other planets, in other solar systems. We will always have war and poverty and other social issues as long as we exist, but if we don't begin work on exploring our universe, we won't have to worry about the other issues.
I think it's despicable that some people who claim to be experts on space like that hack Phl Plait don't complain when the Constellation program is murdered because it's "too bloated" and fail to consider that shooting a man to the moon would cost a fraction of the $1,142,953,899,999+ we've spent in Iraq and Afghanistan just shooting people.
Sorry to vent, but it really pisses me off that here I sit in the 21st century, reminiscing about the pinnacle of U.S. manned space exploration...the 1960's and 70's.