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In reply to the discussion: I remember when a Democratic president committed us to go to the moon [View all]Rosco T.
(6,496 posts)40. That's the same luddite thinking that during the end of the Apollo program...
.. people were complaining to TV stations that they couldn't watch their I Love Lucy re-runs.
Pure research provides more benefits than you could imagine. From that comes applied research..
Here's one for you. To have a functional long term base, you have to have an efficient, easy means to clean/recycle air and water.
Now, where's your nearest polluted river, nasty sky? Same process would work there.
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I remember when a Democratic president committed us to go to the moon [View all]
LongTomH
Jan 2012
OP
It was a different time, a different world. The moon can wait, earth cannot. nt
nanabugg
Jan 2012
#30
I agree with the vision... thing is, when Gingrich says it, I just don't believe him.
Capitalocracy
Jan 2012
#4
you can't seriously support something like this with the republican anti govt, and wanting to cut
JI7
Jan 2012
#14
You slam the Democrats over this, as if you believe the Republicans would follow through
Scootaloo
Jan 2012
#22
I didn't interpret the OP as slamming the Dems. It was merely in support of space exploration.
limpyhobbler
Jan 2012
#27
I was not slamming Democrats and I can't see how anyone could read that into my post!
LongTomH
Jan 2012
#36
We eventually did cooperate with the Russians on space in the Cold War era
Art_from_Ark
Jan 2012
#48