Cdub100 3,734 Posted March 27, 2006 Lets say we start putting bases on the moon. Then China starts doing the same. Will it be like when Europe started population the Americas? First come first serve? Is there a plan to divide the moon up? Also MARS B!tches Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ignignokt 0 Posted March 27, 2006 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067157863...5Fencoding=UTF8 From a customer review: "The Man Who Sold the Moon" is the longest piece here. D. D. Harriman is a man who not only has a dream of traveling to the moon, he has (almost) the financial means to do it. Harriman's schemes to not only raise the necessary money but to ensure that he will retain control of the moon once he gets there are convoluted, devious, devastatingly logical - and almost the complete antithesis of the way NASA has actually gone about it. You might think that this story is hopelessly outdated - after all, we've actually been to the moon! But the story has much to say about the world of today. Government financing of space travel will only go so far. Private financing and people figuring out how to make a profit out of this frontier will be the ultimate driver - and a very large amount of the points this story makes are very applicable to such an approach. But perhaps more important than the actual method Harriman uses to achieve his dream is the very fact that he has such a dream. Heinlein invariably presented the point that without dreamers there would be no progress, no hope for an eventual better world. Perhaps this is flaw in his writing, but I, for one, would much rather read about heroes, the dreamers, those who are attempting to change things for the better, than yet another story detailing the tribulations of a semi-neurotic Joe everyman. The scheme the main character in this story comes up w/ to ensure private control of the moon is pretty amazing...good story. (Props to whatever geek mentioned Heinlein/this story back during the olden times of the bored.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SUXBNME 1,446 Posted March 27, 2006 Send the Canadians there first....ALL OF THEM Nice S. King reference in the title.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brinett9 0 Posted March 27, 2006 I need a Moca Cola. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravely 0 Posted March 27, 2006 Sorry Geeks I bought the moon back in 76' I got it from this guy in Brooklyn. What a schmuck! I actually got it for the same price he wanted for this bridge he was selling. Can you imagine that? Selling the moon for the same price as a stupid bridge. I'm nobodies fool. I told him that I'll take the moon and he can keep the bridge. I'm thinking about starting to charge people for looking at it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GobbleDog 919 Posted March 27, 2006 What benefits do we even get from the space station? I seriously doubt it outweigh the costs. I sure as hell don't want to pay for Moon bases. NASA funding is best spent on helping us kill our enemies and sending up tv satelites. That's about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rusty Syringes 478 Posted March 27, 2006 What benefits do we even get from the space station? I seriously doubt it outweigh the costs. I sure as hell don't want to pay for Moon bases. NASA funding is best spent on helping us kill our enemies and sending up tv satelites. That's about it. I know the moon is chalk full of some kind of rock that would make an excellent alternative energy source, but I suspect we're a long way from making it practical and economically feasible. I'm content with just draining the Middle East of it's only resource and then sit back and watch 'em suck on their own dust. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Isotopes 1 Posted March 27, 2006 I know the moon is chalk full of some kind of rock that would make an excellent alternative energy source, but I suspect we're a long way from making it practical and economically feasible. I'm content with just draining the Middle East of it's only resource and then sit back and watch 'em suck on their own dust. I thought the moon was made of delicious cheese Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Four More Beers 0 Posted March 27, 2006 On the moon, the weekend has advanced beyond your wildest dreams. Weekends now take up the entire week, and jobs have been phased out accordingly We get checks from the government and spend it on beer- Mexican beer! Thats the cheapest of all beer! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ignignokt 0 Posted March 27, 2006 On the moon, the weekend has advanced beyond your wildest dreams. Weekends now take up the entire week, and jobs have been phased out accordinglyWe get checks from the government and spend it on beer- Mexican beer! Thats the cheapest of all beer! "You have deeply offended us and our god, and our god is a god of vengeance...and horror. Our god is an Indian that turns into a wolf. The wolfen will come for you with his razor." --Me. "We're here to take your pornography and sodomize our vast imaginations." --Me. "Using a key to gouge expletives on another's vehicle is a sign of trust...and friendship." --Me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phillybear 366 Posted March 28, 2006 I lust to travel to the moon in order to take a healthy dump in one of it's craters. Then the moon will be PWNED. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fun Bags 0 Posted March 28, 2006 http://usa.lunarregistry.com/info/embassy.shtml Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagles Green 34 Posted March 28, 2006 Who owns uranus? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SUXBNME 1,446 Posted March 28, 2006 Who owns uranus? The Klingons Too easy.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riddlen 1 Posted March 28, 2006 I need to figure out ehich focking star is mine so none of yo ufockers try and take it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cgod 0 Posted March 28, 2006 In watching Sesame Street yesterday I was informed that the moon is not a giant cookie. Needless to say I was disappointed but then I realized that the guy telling me was Buzz Aldrin. According to my geek friends he has never been on the moon so how the hell would he know. So, I am still holding out hope. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
