Re: Moon question
In article <1131790934.142227.132820@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
indexai@xxxxxxxxx says...
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>Ok, ok. Before anybody bitch-slaps me for being a conspiracy nut, I
>"know" we went to the moon. Ok? Kennedy had a vision of getting to
>the moon within a decade, and now the new plan is to get back there by
>2018. The current date is November 12, 2005.
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>With advances in technology, why the hell would it take so long to get
>back to the moon, starting now?
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Risk aversion. We are no longer allowed to have accidents. The first
missions to the moon were in leaky tin cans that with the aid of chewing
gum and duct tape and a lot of prayer mostly got there and back. Sheer
dumb luck, same as Columbus and all the great explorers had. That level
of risk is no longer politically acceptable.
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