Space war with China?

Madmartagen · **Space war with China? -** 12-05-2003, 03:38 AM

I think its kind of lame. Now that the Chinese are getting involved in space exploration, the US is finally getting serious about going to the moon again. What the hell took so long anyway? I thought we would have flying cars by now.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/12/0 ... index.html

JBird · 12-05-2003, 03:38 AM

how many topics you gonna make tonight oOo:

Madmartagen · 12-05-2003, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by JBird

how many topics you gonna make tonight oOo:

i am bored right now and i want to spark some interest in non flaming topics for a couple of days.

Eight Ace · 12-05-2003, 03:49 AM

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1080jibber · 12-05-2003, 07:50 AM

the US never set foot on the moon, and the china mission will prove it

MuZzA · 12-05-2003, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by 1080jibber

the US never set foot on the moon, and the china mission will prove it

Yes! Also Bruce lee is still alive and works undercover for the Chinese Secret Service.

Sergeant_Scrotum · 12-05-2003, 11:33 AM

If china does make it it could prove very interesting

SoLiDUS · 12-05-2003, 11:51 AM

[quote="Sergeant_Scrotum":2bb9b]If china does make it it could prove very interesting[/quote:2bb9b]

Why wouldn't they ? Their ressources are nearly as good (if not the same or
better) as those of the US. Russians r0x0r your b0x0rz too...

12-05-2003, 02:32 PM

I for one am delighted that they are going. It is about time we as human beings started working towards whats important again , and stop the wars.

Hopefully this will spark a worldwide ambition for the stars. All we have to do is forget about which GOD is better for awile.

hmmmm.......doubtful.

ninty · 12-05-2003, 02:32 PM

This is fucking gay. I think Bush is delerious.

Everyone knew China had been working on their own Space program for quite a long time. I think its great that they put a man into space under their own power. They said that their next step is the moon. Which seems logical, but they said it would take them until 2020 I believe to get everything ready to go there. Why the fuck does the States need to go there again? To prove a point? You've already been there. There are more important things that need to be done in space than showing up the Chinese. How about the billions of dollars put into a half finished International Space Station? Is that thing going to be in orbit for another 50 years only partially complete? What about instead of sending a man to the Moon again, end someone to Mars. Its quite conceivable.

And maybe Bush should have NASA running trips to the ISS again even before he says hes thinking of going to the moon.

What are they going to use to get there? I think they still have 2 Staurn5 rockets they could use on display ouside of Kennedy Space Centre. Bwhaha. Anyway, you'll need a new LEM to land on the moon. So first you have to build it and put it into orbit, then take the shuttle up there, somehow attach it to the shuttle, slingshot to the moon, get in the LEM, land on the moon for a game of golf, get in the LEM, go back to the shuttle and come home. Wheres the point in that? Seems like a BIG waste of money to me. The Apollo program was useful. It had a point. This doesn't. I think Bush is on glue or something. Good thing is he'll be out of office by the time this thing goes through if it does, and hopefully the next president will beable to put these resources toward something else.

ninty · 12-05-2003, 02:34 PM

[quote:00e93]"You've got the Chinese saying they're interested -- we don't want them to beat us to the moon. We want to be there to develop the sweet spots," Republican Senator Sam Brownback says.[/quote:00e93]

This aggrivates me more than anything.

12-05-2003, 02:46 PM

Calm down Ninty ,

You will always have poeple of that mindframe in Washington. Part of the price one must pay for Democracy.

NASA has been working on a maned mission to Mars for quite some time now.
I've heard about settlement ideas for the moon before too.

I have also seen some things on probes to Jupiters moons. Similar to the rover.

All these things are in the works but NASA has taken some heat latley , and Americans have been focused on Iraq and anti terrorism fights.
Hopefully others will join in the "race" and we can leave this fighting each other crap to Ledgend and history.

We are too far along as a race to still fight wars. Just my opinion of corse.

Unknown_Sniper · 12-05-2003, 02:56 PM

In my own little world Id like everyone ot get along and send me to be the first person on a different planet. but hey that wont happen. fucking middle east

ninty · 12-05-2003, 03:02 PM

I'm calm.

I don't think NASA has plans of any sort for a manned mission to Mars.

I also don't know how the states really plans to fund any of this. A mission to the moon will cost billions. I just don't think there is any need for it. I do think there is a need for the Chinese to go there, however. It is the first logical step in progression to other planets. I don't see why now that the Chinese want to go there, the US says that well were going to race you there because basically the moon belongs to us. I think the US should spend its limited resources elsewhere.

Ferich · 12-05-2003, 03:35 PM

I quit coming to this site because just about every thread turns into a dismantaling of the United States..which is oddly annoying because I hear it all the fucking time in the art school I go too.

Anyways, I love space. I've had a love for space since I was born. I was named after Alan Shepard, the first person to hit a golf ball off the Moon..haha. This should be great.