To the Moon, Mars, and Beyond

[PX]IronFist · Post by **[PX]IronFist** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 10:19 pm

By now most of you have probably heard about Bush's ambitious new plan for space exploration. Manned missions to the Moon by 2015, and Mars a few years later. Here is an article about it.

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/01/14/bushmoon040114

Apparently they are getting $1 billion in new funding and $11 billion is being transfered from other areas to help pay for it.

Personally I think this is really exciting, but I wonder how the Americans plan to cover all the costs, what with the war being so expensive already.

I guess there is also a chance that Canada could send it's own mission, although I find this highly doubtful. The gov't would never give them the money.

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/01/13/canada_mars040113

This is interesting though:

Canada is already working on a moon mission with India.

I had no idea.

In anycase I think that it's about time the shuttle got retired, it is almost 30 years old.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 10:30 pm

I wish Rumfield (sp?) would stop having these ideas that what worked for yesteryear will work in today's economy. His advice to Bush has been awful. The war, as a money creator (and a number of other things), has been a failure. While the missions JFK started did help bring the U.S. to its financial plateau, I highly doubt this will help the present/future day economy.

EDIT:

I find the Daily Dirt's take on this rather humorous:

Preznit Dubya's attempt at a "Kennedy Moment" turned out to be more Chappaquiddick than Cape Canaveral… all wet and sinking fast! Since announcing his intention to give NASA a new mission - to build a permanent Moon base and launch a manned Mars flight in twenty years - the home viewing audience has been uncharacteristically lackadaisical about the whole deal. Some wonder where Dubya's gonna get the trillion dollars such a program would cost, afte handing over the already paltry remains of the collective American birthright to his puppetmasters and financiers… hence explaining the need to invade other countries. Still others wonder why now? To get the Star Trek vote? That wouldn't make any sense, because everybody knows Trekkers always vote for Lyndon LaRouche. So it must be something else. An emergency escape plan, perhaps?

[Fallen]Thumperup · Post by **[Fallen]Thumperup** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 5:03 am

I hope they do make it to mars. I also find this exciting

Ghost [PX] · Post by **Ghost [PX]** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 2:59 pm

They wont. Bush will delay the plan until after the election than quietly scuttle it. That or it wont even make it that far. The American economy cant afford the money it will take to establish a moon base or a manned trip to Mars.

[PX]Kal Bob · Post by **[PX]Kal Bob** » Thu Jan 15, 2004 8:03 pm

Mars won't be for thirty years anyway

Heidi18 · Post by **Heidi18** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 4:04 pm

Hey thanks Jon. I was given an assingment to write about the Mars expadition. Like what people think about it, the costs involved, if other countries will help out or not, what would come of the world if we did make it to mars, cause so much was invented after they landed on the moon, so this helps out a lot.

[Fallen]Thanatos · Post by **[Fallen]Thanatos** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 1:14 am

I think we relay should fix the planet we are on now befor we go and fuck up another one

[Fallen]Thumperup · Post by **[Fallen]Thumperup** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 5:46 am

naaaa fuck up as much as we can

[PX]Kal Bob · Post by **[PX]Kal Bob** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 9:22 am

earth is screwed beyond repair, lets just move on.

[PX]IronFist · Post by **[PX]IronFist** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:46 am

Heidi18 wrote:Hey thanks Jon. I was given an assingment to write about the Mars expadition. Like what people think about it, the costs involved, if other countries will help out or not, what would come of the world if we did make it to mars, cause so much was invented after they landed on the moon, so this helps out a lot.

No problem, glad I could help.

[Fallen]Thumperup wrote:naaaa fuck up as much as we can

I'm with Pinter and Bob on this one, we should get out of here before out planet is too screwed to allow us to leave, then we can create a new utopian paradise on Mars.

Seriously though, Mars is pretty bad already, there isn't really much we could do to make it any worse.

Ghost [PX] · Post by **Ghost [PX]** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 3:11 pm

Im sure we could fuck up Mars alot more... Hell, if we left Richard Simmons there it would be so close to hell you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference

[Fallen]Thanatos · Post by **[Fallen]Thanatos** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:02 pm

well a cold hell, With the spawn of satin dacing on it. Oh and dont forget the fat people sweting to the oldies. :wink:

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:58 am

One of the new NASA vehicles to be used in Mars exploration:

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story? ... 041&page=1

This is, by far, the best part of the article:

A new Mars spacecraft called Phoenix, created largely from leftovers from one mission that failed and another that was canceled,

"Hey guys, what are we gonna do with all this sh!t laying around here?"

"Mmmmmm..........well, most of our stuff to Mars f00ks up so..........let's just slap it all together, blast it towards Mars, and see what the devil happens."

"You're retarded..............LIKE A FOX!! Gentlemen, we have our new design plan. Rock on."

[PX]IronFist · Post by **[PX]IronFist** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:50 pm

Come on, using old junk that didn't work the first time is a time honoured tradition at NASA

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Mon May 05, 2008 4:10 pm

NASA going to the sun:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=11680

..........I have a feeling I'll be making an update in the "Good Job NASA" thread sometime :lol: