bush seeks manned flight to moon, mars

[7th_Sephiroth]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/01/08/bush/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush plans a major policy speech next week in which he'll promote a new space initiative, senior administration officials said Thursday.

Bush will lay out his "vision for expanding the space program," which is expected to include long-term moves for manned missions to the moon and an eventual manned mission to Mars, an official said. NASA's target for a moon mission is 2018.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. I'll admitn

I am all for space exploration.. but what is Bush trying to do?

A Kennedy Impersonation?

[La_Serpiente]

2. who the hell is going to pay for it?

[truthisfreedom]

4. the repukes will charge it on the backs of the unborn.

right after they eliminate abortion and convert all welfare to faith-based funds that bend the minds of the next generation enough to keep them slaving until death without crossing "free speech" lines.

[LibertyorDeath]

3. Well what are they waiting for strap his skinny Texas Ass in

and blast that Mother into the stratosphere we'll all keep our fingers crossed back here on earth.

[0rganism]

5. Show me the money, richie rich!

Which programs are getting slashed so shrub can build himself another monument? How much of this Kennedy imitation will be financed by defecit spending?

What a dumbass.

[oasis]

6. Climb aboard Chimpy and better bring your peanut butter n jelly.

[radfringe]

7. didn't we already go to the moon, alice?

not sure if he's recycling Kennedy's challenge or Ralph Cramden's threats...

:evilgrin:

I'm all for a moon landing, if Bush* & Co. are on the ship and it's a one way trip.


on edit: over the past year, and on more than one occassion, I posted comments about the need for a national goal. One of the suggestions was a manned-mars landing.

I pointed out how going to the moon lead to new technologies, and that this helped our economy as well as our lives - additionally it would give us all something to rally around and could be a unifying issue

Seems to me that Bush* Inc. may have been reading these posts -- if so watch for these talking points when Bush* reads his speech and moons America
- new technologies
- national goal
- new jobs
- boosting the economy
- American Pride
- how the world our determination to work towards a peaceful future


(I had also suggested a national goal of breaking the oil habit and developing alternate fuel sources - but that would cut into Bush*'s buddies profits)

[Clark4VotingRights]

8. I guess he can't come up with enough ways to flush money down the crapper

on earth.

Reach for the stars...

[arcos]

9. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=305062

[tkmorris]

10. The target date

for the moon is 2018?????

This is ridiculous. We could walk the moon again in 2008 at the latest if we tried. Mars is so much harder to do than the moon is I have to wonder what the target date for that might be. 2060?

I'm betting they have some ulterior motive for restarting the manned space program. It clearly isn't getting to the moon or to Mars, though they seem to be serving as cover. A weapons program?

[Moderator]

11. Dupe....locking

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