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In response to "the time has passed. -- nm" by loosi

Just kick a few more old people off of Social Security and we will have the money. -- nm

Posted by Bacon (aka redmond) Jan 23 '12, 19:31

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I do'nt even mean the money. we need a new dream. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 19:33 37
- That last guy that had a dream got killed for it. -- nm - Bacon Jan 23, 19:37
- Colonization of the Moon and Mars. Mining of the resources and research into seeing if Asteroid belt and Jupiter - Remlik Jan 23, 19:35 33
  - None of that requires manned space missions. -- nm - nubby Jan 23, 19:38 1
    - no. but it needs to be done so that we can have manned missions that go beyond the orbital plans. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 19:40
  - Tehere's nothing to mine on the moon or Mars that we can't get for 1/100th the cost here. -- nm - Reagen Jan 23, 19:37
  - any candidate who runs on sending nubby to Mars gets my vote -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 19:36 1
    - Get your ass to Mars. Get your ass to Mars. Get your ass to Mars. -- nm - Qale Jan 23, 19:39
  - the funny thing is, I think sexy dreams and worthwhile dreams are quite different right now. The stuff you said: sexy. Worthwhile? not so much, - loosi Jan 23, 19:36 11
    - with the Apollo programs we had an education system that was designed to turn out scientists and engineers.... - Remlik Jan 23, 19:39 10
      - you posted this to ME??? hah hah hah - loosi Jan 23, 19:40 9
        
        Well, it's good that they realized their mistakes around 1988 and corrected it. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 19:41 8
        
        and even further back. Nixon cut Apollo missions and cut the budget for Nasa...just think were we would have been. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 19:43 6
        
        Did I miss where we are out of room on Earth? - Will Hunting Jan 23, 19:46
        
        only tangentially related: The NASA Deputy Admin is supposedly my doppelganger. I have been told several times. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 19:44 3
        
        This lady? -- (link) - Roger More Jan 23, 19:48 2
        
        HA! no, her predecessor, Shana Dale. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 19:50 1
        
        I was gonna say it's not exactly a CY/Spielberg level match -- nm - Roger More Jan 23, 19:52
        
        It was easier to go to Vietnam than the Moon -- nm - Bacon Jan 23, 19:44
        
        oh, more like 2000, and it corrected itselt. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 19:42
  - We can't afford to pave roads. Let's set our initial dreams a tad lower. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 19:35 15
    - addressing extreme poverty world wide? just for starters -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 19:38 10
      - So, we're now up to saving Alabama...we're getting close. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 23, 19:39 9
        
        like that is so bad? BUt I really meant the Southern Hemisphere. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 19:42 8
        
        Those poor Nigerians, stuck on the wrong side of the equator. -- nm - Roger More Jan 23, 19:46 5
        
        honestly ... NIgeria is an awful place to live. from all I have heard. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 19:47 4
        
        I agree - but it's in the northern hemisphere and gets no love from you :P -- nm - Roger More Jan 23, 19:50 3
        
        well, clearly I was not talking about them. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 19:53 2
        
        Obviously not! -- nm - Roger More Jan 23, 19:56
        
        ST's first charity effort - Chili for Chileans :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 23, 19:55
        
        I hear government talking about government....let's let government prove they can solve shit in the US first. - Will Hunting Jan 23, 19:45 1
        
        amen to all of that. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 19:47
    - we can afford it. we have to choose to do what it takes to pay for it -- nm - encyclopedia pixie Jan 23, 19:37
    - oh no doubt. but step 1 leads to step 2. -- nm - Remlik Jan 23, 19:37
    - Three-starring every level in Angry Birds. -- nm - TFox Jan 23, 19:36 1
      - So, the birds are angry....and that's why they gotta travel through the tubes? Or are they angry becuase they gotta travel through the tubes. -- nm - Zombie Ted Stevens Jan 23, 19:37
- Yup. Hell, we need a whole new goal and story. Dwelling on the past isn't helping us -- nm - ty97 Jan 23, 19:34 1
  - this, exactly. the moon landing was 50 years ago dream. we need some inspiration. -- nm - loosi Jan 23, 19:35

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