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struggle4progress

(118,041 posts)
Mon May 27, 2019, 10:18 PM May 2019

Loon says Japan astronauts to soon join US in Mars trip

Karen Leigh
May 27 2019, 4:48 AM
May 27 2019, 9:57 PM

... “Japan will join our mission to send U.S. astronauts to space,” Trump said during a joint news conference with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on Monday. “We’ll be going to the moon, we’ll be going to Mars very, very soon. It’s very exciting. From a military standpoint, there is nothing more important right now than space” ...

https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/u-s-and-japan-to-expand-outer-space-partnership-trump-says

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Loon says Japan astronauts to soon join US in Mars trip (Original Post) struggle4progress May 2019 OP
Is Trumpy in training? Will he go? Eyeball_Kid May 2019 #1
From a military standpoint there is nothing more important than climate change applegrove May 2019 #2
Lol! "We are going to Mars very, very soon" bronxiteforever May 2019 #3
Who's "we" sucker? DFW May 2019 #4
Really? How close to being completed is a ship that can send people to Mars Flaleftist May 2019 #5
"They will teleport me and Abe there using this special platform! And Abe says I can go first!" struggle4progress May 2019 #6
In space, no one can hear you Mc Mike May 2019 #7

Eyeball_Kid

(7,410 posts)
1. Is Trumpy in training? Will he go?
Mon May 27, 2019, 10:21 PM
May 2019

Come on, Donnie, show us you’re the greatest president ever! Personally conquer Mars! It’s your calling!

DFW

(54,055 posts)
4. Who's "we" sucker?
Mon May 27, 2019, 10:46 PM
May 2019

Just had to quote a line from a Dirty Harry movie.

I hope the "very, very soon" means by the end of next month, and, with respect to Mars, that the use of the first person was not inaccurate.

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
5. Really? How close to being completed is a ship that can send people to Mars
Mon May 27, 2019, 10:51 PM
May 2019

and takeoff from Mars for the return trip?

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