When an eagle changed the course of Human History

[brianblackberry]

There are very few events that are significant enough to represent the start of a new epoch in human history, but July 20, 1969, 40 years ago today, was one such event. I speak of the day when our species first set foot on the Moon. that faithful day when Apollo 11 with it's three astronauts, Neil Alden Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin

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[banner]

Yes we did all of that work, and then promptly canceled the program (even though we had several rocket ships built and ready to fly) and never really have done much since.

The Moon program was canceled because our politicians felt it was a waste of money. They'd rather spend the money on buying votes instead. Will we ever have a manned program that goes outside of earths immediate orbit? Only if it becomes a matter of our immediate survival, or if private industry does it. But I think it's safe to say that our manned space program is dead. The ISS may continue on, but I think NASA will probably pull out of it in a couple of years. The Orion will be dead in a few years, and we'll never go back to the moon, much less Mars.

Why? Because our President and Congress are too busy spending trillions on guaranteeing their personal power and re-election. So who can afford anything to go to the moon? Not like that will win anyone any votes.

Moon trip

[akktri]

The proposed trip to the moon is nothing more than America re-living old victories. We need to go there and actually do something. Mine. Set up a colony. Something useful.