blogs.discovermagazine.com— NASA | On July 20, 1969, at 20:17:40 GMT, human beings landed on an alien world. That was the moment that the Eagle lander touched down on the surface of the Moon, 40
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<a class="user" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7021303.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7021303. ...</a>"Dr von Braun, who had masterminded America's lunar programme, intended to send astronauts on an initial excursion to the Red Planet lasting two years, with a fly-by of Venus on the journey homeThe mission was to reach Mars by 1982.....But by the end of the 1960s, politicians and the media had had their fill of space; the timing was also wrong economically. As a result, the proposal fell on deaf ears."
There isn't much political credit for space travel. It's a pity for sure. simply put there are a lot of people against this sort of expenditure because they don't value science. There are also people who'd prefer if the relatively minuscule NASA budget were spent on more practical things.
One of my fondest memories is when I was five (5) yrs old standing on the shore of Daytona beach with my Dad. He kept telling me to watch the sky for the rocket ship that was going to the moon (Dad says I called it an upside down candle). Later in life, I came to realize the importance of the event not only for myself, but for America and for mankind in general. We had explored this Earth for thousands of years and only dreamed of going to the stars we saw in heaven. Now, we were placing our footprints on one of these heavenly bodies.We must regain the same national spirit that we had back in the 60's and reach for the stars again. We need to quit spending money on useless failed welfare and bailout projects and place funds into the space program. This would truly generate thousands of jobs, new medical and technology breakthroughs, and who knows what else we could accomplish. We choose to go !
scottamusJul 20, 2009
<a class="user" href="http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/">http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/</a>
presbyterianJul 20, 2009
<a class="user" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7021303.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7021303. ...</a>"Dr von Braun, who had masterminded America's lunar programme, intended to send astronauts on an initial excursion to the Red Planet lasting two years, with a fly-by of Venus on the journey homeThe mission was to reach Mars by 1982.....But by the end of the 1960s, politicians and the media had had their fill of space; the timing was also wrong economically. As a result, the proposal fell on deaf ears."
kingmanicJul 20, 2009
There isn't much political credit for space travel. It's a pity for sure. simply put there are a lot of people against this sort of expenditure because they don't value science. There are also people who'd prefer if the relatively minuscule NASA budget were spent on more practical things.
Closed AccountJul 20, 2009
Ed, Gus, and Roger.White, Grissom, Chaffee.
amazingsteveJul 20, 2009
Clearly, you're an idiot.
Closed AccountJul 20, 2009
Of course it was Roger, my bad. I answered too quick and was distracted. Consider it a brain freeze.
orqwithvagrantJul 20, 2009
Did I miss something? Last I looked, Obama was giving NASA the biggest budget boost it's had in a very long time in the 2010 budget.
lusenok2Jul 21, 2009
What does it mean to me?Huge and meaningless waste of resources. Cancer cured yet?
elijah154Jul 21, 2009
One of my fondest memories is when I was five (5) yrs old standing on the shore of Daytona beach with my Dad. He kept telling me to watch the sky for the rocket ship that was going to the moon (Dad says I called it an upside down candle). Later in life, I came to realize the importance of the event not only for myself, but for America and for mankind in general. We had explored this Earth for thousands of years and only dreamed of going to the stars we saw in heaven. Now, we were placing our footprints on one of these heavenly bodies.We must regain the same national spirit that we had back in the 60's and reach for the stars again. We need to quit spending money on useless failed welfare and bailout projects and place funds into the space program. This would truly generate thousands of jobs, new medical and technology breakthroughs, and who knows what else we could accomplish. We choose to go !