Comments on: Abandoned Moon http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/07/17/abandoned-moon/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Bleepless http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/07/17/abandoned-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-85854 Bleepless Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:39:34 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=12987#comment-85854 Bravo, martian and Gaius. Bravo, martian and Gaius.

]]> By: martian http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/07/17/abandoned-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-85834 martian Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:29:32 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=12987#comment-85834 old guy, the ISS accomplished one of the most important steps in space travel - a permanent manned presence in space. The 'useless stuff' they do on the space station gives us valuable knowledge of how the human body adapts to space, how food crops will react and many other things that we NEED to know BEFORE we can proceed into the rest of the solar system or the galaxy for that matter. A permanent base on the moon, besides giving us the opportunity to tap the resources of an entirely virgin planetary body, again gets us that much closer to further interplanetary exploration. It's people like you, who lack the imagination to picture or the drive to understand just what IS being accomplished that have put us in the miserable position we are in now. Robots are fine for some things but robots can NEVER inspire the human spirit the way a manned presence in space does. Yes, it's dangerous. So was crossing the Atlantic in 1000 & 1492 CE. So was crossing the Appalachians and the great plains and the Rockies. So was building submarines to explore the depths of the ocean. Huge amounts of money were spent in all of these endeavors. People were injured and killed in all of them. Did it stop us? Did it even slow us down? The nature of man is to push the envelope, to travel over the next horizon, to learn, to explore. When we stop doing that we will stagnate and die. old guy, the ISS accomplished one of the most important steps in space travel – a permanent manned presence in space. The ‘useless stuff’ they do on the space station gives us valuable knowledge of how the human body adapts to space, how food crops will react and many other things that we NEED to know BEFORE we can proceed into the rest of the solar system or the galaxy for that matter. A permanent base on the moon, besides giving us the opportunity to tap the resources of an entirely virgin planetary body, again gets us that much closer to further interplanetary exploration. It’s people like you, who lack the imagination to picture or the drive to understand just what IS being accomplished that have put us in the miserable position we are in now. Robots are fine for some things but robots can NEVER inspire the human spirit the way a manned presence in space does. Yes, it’s dangerous. So was crossing the Atlantic in 1000 & 1492 CE. So was crossing the Appalachians and the great plains and the Rockies. So was building submarines to explore the depths of the ocean. Huge amounts of money were spent in all of these endeavors. People were injured and killed in all of them. Did it stop us? Did it even slow us down? The nature of man is to push the envelope, to travel over the next horizon, to learn, to explore. When we stop doing that we will stagnate and die.

]]> By: Boy Named Sous http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/07/17/abandoned-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-85825 Boy Named Sous Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:42:05 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=12987#comment-85825 A lunar base would be a much more stable and usefull platform for launching the next steps in spaceexploration, including, eventually, a manned mission to Mars. I believe, and it's only a belief, that not only i mankind destined for the stars, but that the future survival of the human race is dependent on our ability to some day colonize beyon our own planet. Environmentalists talk about caring for Earth, but all it would take is one big asteroid and "gang aft aglay"... but the further spread out we are, the less likely our extinction. A lunar base would be a much more stable and usefull platform for launching the next steps in spaceexploration, including, eventually, a manned mission to Mars.

I believe, and it’s only a belief, that not only i mankind destined for the stars, but that the future survival of the human race is dependent on our ability to some day colonize beyon our own planet. Environmentalists talk about caring for Earth, but all it would take is one big asteroid and “gang aft aglay”… but the further spread out we are, the less likely our extinction.

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/07/17/abandoned-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-85813 Gaius Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:21:36 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=12987#comment-85813 I'm quite sure there were more than a few people who said much the same thing to Columbus. I’m quite sure there were more than a few people who said much the same thing to Columbus.

]]> By: oLD gUY http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/07/17/abandoned-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-85805 oLD gUY Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:07:35 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=12987#comment-85805 But what would we do there? The same useless stuff we do on the ISS? That soaked billions of dollars, money that could have funded the Terrestrial Planet Finder or a Jovian moon lander. What stunning, amazing things has the ISS accomplished? How would sending men to the moon be different? Wait until there is a reason to justify the cost. Until then, send robots. Cheaper and more productive. But what would we do there? The same useless stuff we do on the ISS? That soaked billions of dollars, money that could have funded the Terrestrial Planet Finder or a Jovian moon lander. What stunning, amazing things has the ISS accomplished? How would sending men to the moon be different? Wait until there is a reason to justify the cost. Until then, send robots. Cheaper and more productive.

]]> By: Bleepless http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/07/17/abandoned-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-85802 Bleepless Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:50:38 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=12987#comment-85802 Between anti-Americanism and pettiness, there is no room for any grandeur. Between anti-Americanism and pettiness, there is no room for any grandeur.

]]> By: martian http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/07/17/abandoned-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-85795 martian Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:02:33 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=12987#comment-85795 It is the great shame of our nation that we, who once led in the quest for far horizons and the future of the human race, are now mendicants on the outskirts of human achievement begging for crumbs. It is the great shame of our nation that we, who once led in the quest for far horizons and the future of the human race, are now mendicants on the outskirts of human achievement begging for crumbs.

]]> By: Mwalimu Daudi http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2009/07/17/abandoned-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-85788 Mwalimu Daudi Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:22:06 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/?p=12987#comment-85788 Just part of the Democrat Party's war against science and technology. Just part of the Democrat Party’s war against science and technology.

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