In the mind of Newt......................

[Bigerik]

More importantly, it took a Canadian to boldly go....

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Bigerik

Great post, Pete! Surprising, coming from a Republican.

It was a Democrat who put us on the moon, and a Republican who stopped us going there....

Yeah, but Newt said he'd rather see an Americans on the moon before the Chinese.

I'd say balloonhead is about 42 years late.

Pete, is there enough of that stuff on the moon to make it worth the expense of mining it, processing it and bringing it back? It would seem the cost of all of these things would be so high....................

I don't buy the $15 billion figure. Seems way too optimisitic.

Dave

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Bigerik

More importantly, it took a Canadian to boldly go....

Captain Jerk is a Canuck?

Chas

[piece-itpete]

It took a Democrat to kill off human launch capacity completely

Blue I agree 15 bill sounds optimistic. As far as being worth it the astronaut that did that article lays it all out. But say it's 50 bil? We just spent over 800 bil to attempt to get out of a recession. What would non radioactive waste fusion do for us?

Fusion. I love saying it. Rolls right off the tongue. The power of the sun. And eventually the fuel for Back to the Futures' DeLorean

Plus with a resurgent China one would have to be a bit foolish not to take a hard look at mantaining the ultimate high ground overall...

Pete

[Bigerik]

Originally Posted by Charles

Captain Jerk is a Canuck?

Chas

We are everywhere!

In your courtrooms:



On the Ponderosa:



In your military:

[Bigerik]

In the Matrix:





In your police forces:



Singing against the Nazis:

[Bigerik]

Fighting terrorism in America:



We were reading your news:



Yes, even Americas Sweetheart was actually Canadian:



We are everywhere!

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

We just spent over 800 bil to attempt to get out of a recession.
Pete

Maybe an argument for a different thread, but I had this very discussion with a coworker last night. Something I believe is a popular misconception.

It was never an attempt to "Get out of a recession". It was an attempt to avoid a deep depression. And as such, it most assuredly did work.

Where's Dave Newman?

Dave

[piece-itpete]

Proving a negative is extrememly difficult. Kinda like saying knocking Saddam out has helped the WOT.

Pete

[d-ray657]

I always find it ironic when a Republican complains about "spending" 800 Billion. Half of that consisted of a middle class tax cut. Is the fact that it went to the middle class what makes it spending?

Regards,

D-Ray