We're not going back to the moon after all

[d000hg]

Aren't things meant to get cheaper over time... everyone is throwing satellites into space and that used to be the very edge of what was possible/affordable.

You'd have thought in 40 years research into unmanned space flight would have come up with something a bit more affordable for manned space travel.

[Doggy Styles]

Aliens have set up bases on the dark side. All sorts of them. So it could be dangerous.

[sasguru]

We have to have somewhere to keep the 747, the London Bus, and Elvis.

And Michael Jackson

[Zippy]

A trip to the moon? Now that is worth dying for.

[OwlHoot]

What is this "we" of which you speak?

The UK space programme died a sad death in 1971...

Yea, the milk bottle fell over.

IGMC

[Zippy]

Yea, the milk bottle fell over.

IGMC

I'll call the cab

[Board Game Geek]

It does make me jolly cross when the naysayers say "Spend in on Planet Earth, solve our own problems first".

The problem there being that there will always be problems to spend the money on, on Planet Earth, hence deferring investment until a later date is simply not possible.

It is perfectly feasible to run concurrent programs around the planet and in space, and the two have been beneficial to each other during the past (Space Technology that filters down to terrestial consumer technology, for example).

As a race, we need to keep our options open and not put all our eggs in one basket. Space exploration and travel is a step towards that goal.

[bobhope]

Send a message out across the sky,
alien raiders just past Gemini...........


Oh.. not THAT Star Fleet?

Where is that X-Bomber when you need it eh?

I think that is my favourite show from childhood.

Have you checked out the clips on youtube?

[The Lone Gunman]

Where is that X-Bomber when you need it eh?

I think that is my favourite show from childhood.

Have you checked out the clips on youtube?

Why Youtube?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Fleet-C...2566526&sr=8-1

[lilelvis2000]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooo.....

Anything but that...

I was thinking of putting a note in my will about ensuring that eventually one of my descendants name is James Tiberius Kirk.