[oxj]

Who says we can't afford to explore the moon? Read the last paragraph of this article...

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/nov20 ... -n17.shtml

The finding of significant amounts of water puts the question of Moon exploration into a new light. NASA’s current plan calls for a resumption of manned exploration by 2020, in the first manned mission since the last visit during the Apollo program in 1972. The new rocket to be used for that mission, the Ares, had its first preliminary trial earlier this month, but is years away from deployment. The panel appointed by the Obama administration to review NASA’s long-term trajectory concluded recently that budget cuts had made the 2020 goal impossible.

A revived and fully resourced Moon exploration program would cost only a tiny fraction of the amounts squandered on the Wall Street bailout or the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The entire NASA annual budget is less than the amount funneled into Citibank alone.

[rangerone314]

Maybe after India depletes their groundwater they can all move to the moon.

[Lore]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', 'M')aybe after India depletes their groundwater they can all move to the moon.

[JPL]

Yea, I guess the core issue is, it'd be a lot easier to colonise Antartica than the Moon

So... anyone got any Real-Estate prices for the South Pole? I bet it's pretty good value right now. Plus I hear they've got Uranium and a whole load of other stuff (nudge nudge).

Please form an orderly queue...

JP

[dinopello]

Obama's budget is proposing to kill Bush's "Return to the Moon" program.

No Moon for YOU!

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he Obama administration is killing Constellation, NASA's ambitious back-to-the moon program. The decision represents a thunderous demolition of the Bush-era strategy at the space agency, which had already poured $9 billion into a new rocket, the Ares 1, and a new crew capsule, Orion.

[Novus]

Sending man to the Moon is pretty pointless at this time but that doesn't mean government should not fund the program. Nasa employs some of the best scientists in the country and they do a lot of research and development making future technology. Solar power cells were invented by Nasa as well as insulation and light weight composite materials used in everything from construction to medicine. Cutting off Nasa would mean turning off the spigot to a large part America's innovation pool.

[Tyler_JC]

Senator Shelby represents Huntsville, Alabama, one of the major aerospace centers in the country.

Huntsville, Alabama

Pete Olson's district consists of the southern suburbs of Houston, home of the Johnson Space Center.

No surprises there.

[Ainan]

The Chinese on the other hand are going ahead with their space program full throttle. Obama wants [url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/08/china-eyes-high-ground/?feat=home_headlines[/url]cooperation not competition[/url]. It's not cooperation when you have nothing to bring to the table Obama. I bet he's over there begging, "oh please give us a rocket, we'll pay you for it sometime, go on, you know we're good for it!".

FYI: Obama appointed a fellow black man to head NASA, Charles Bolden.

[SFDukie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ainan', '.')..

FYI: Obama appointed a fellow black man to head NASA, Charles Bolden.

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dinopello', 'O')bama's budget is proposing to kill Bush's "Return to the Moon" program.

No Moon for YOU!

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he Obama administration is killing Constellation, NASA's ambitious back-to-the moon program. The decision represents a thunderous demolition of the Bush-era strategy at the space agency, which had already poured $9 billion into a new rocket, the Ares 1, and a new crew capsule, Orion.

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SFDukie', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ainan', '.')..

FYI: Obama appointed a fellow black man to head NASA, Charles Bolden.

[dorlomin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ainan', 'T')he Chinese on the other hand are going ahead with their space program full throttle.

[Novus]

The difference between China's leaders and America's leaders is that Chinese leadership is full of engineers while American leaders are mostly lawyers. Those in control of China understand the importance of technology. Americans almost live in a cargo cult by comparison where few realize the importance that technology plays in making their lives possible. Cutting Nasa will go down as another huge blunder in the unwinding of the American empire.

[Ainan]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', 'T')he difference between China's leaders and America's leaders is that Chinese leadership is full of engineers while American leaders are mostly lawyers. Those in control of China understand the importance of technology. Americans almost live in a cargo cult by comparison where few realize the importance that technology plays in making their lives possible. Cutting Nasa will go down as another huge blunder in the unwinding of the American empire.

[dorlomin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', 'T')he difference between China's leaders and America's leaders is that Chinese leadership is full of engineers while American leaders are mostly lawyers. Those in control of China understand the importance of technology. Americans almost live in a cargo cult by comparison where few realize the importance that technology plays in making their lives possible. Cutting Nasa will go down as another huge blunder in the unwinding of the American empire.

[AskMaxim]

Hi there,
Last night (2010-07-15) my family and I watched the new moon crescent turning from white to yellow then to saturated red and fading, split into three pieces horizontally, fading off completely, then re-appearing red in 5 minutes.
Location: Mediterraneans, 42.114524,19.083252, local time 10 p.m. (about GMT 20:00)
Any idea?

[timmac]

I don't know

But some will come on here and say its the end of the world sign

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')hree Chinese astronauts, led by a veteran of a previous space mission, soared into orbit Tuesday to begin a 15-day voyage to China's Tiangong 1 space lab, a flight officials say will further prove the capabilities of the country's manned space program.

[Keith_McClary]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')fter the year 2020, China's future space station will probably be the only one of any kind in service considering the ISS's retirement plan. By then, China's space dream will not only serve its own people but also contribute to space exploration for the human race.

[Tanada]

Been meaning to get this posted since Thursday morning, full transcript available
http://spaceflightnow.com/china/shenzhou10/status.html

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2013
0153 GMT (9:53 p.m. EDT on Tues.)
Chinese military officials have declared the Shenzhou 10 mission a success.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2013
0150 GMT (9:50 p.m. EDT on Tues.)
The Shenzhou 10 crew appears healthy and happy, smiling in chairs as they receive flowers and congratulatory gifts.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2013
0142 GMT (9:42 p.m. EDT on Tues.)
Zhang Xiaoguang, a 47-year-old colonel in the People's Liberation Army, is the last crew member to leave the Shenzhou 10 re-entry capsule.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2013
0137 GMT (9:37 p.m. EDT on Tues.)
Wang Yaping, a 33-year-old transport pilot in the People's Liberation Army, has exited the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft. Wang is China's second female astronaut.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2013
0132 GMT (9:32 p.m. EDT on Tues.)
Shenzhou 10 commander Nie Haisheng, a 48-year-old veteran of two spaceflights, has crawled out of the capsule. He is smiling and waving to the recovery team welcoming the crew home.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2013
0050 GMT (8:50 p.m. EDT on Tues.)
Chinese state television ended live coverage of the Shenzhou 10 landing before the three astronauts left the vehicle.