Comments on: Is The Moon An Illusion? http://www.briancuban.com/is-the-moon-an-illusion/ Brian Cuban's version of TRUTH, JUSTICE and the UN-AMERICAN WAY Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:37:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: mikemike http://www.briancuban.com/is-the-moon-an-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-4366 mikemike Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:15:03 +0000 http://www.briancuban.com/?p=3905#comment-4366 Private sector? There is no monetary value ( at least in our lifetimes ) in space exploration. Do you forget; Only the government is willing to waste money on projects with no return whatsoever. Private sector? There is no monetary value ( at least in our lifetimes ) in space exploration. Do you forget; Only the government is willing to waste money on projects with no return whatsoever.

]]> By: Belmos http://www.briancuban.com/is-the-moon-an-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-4098 Belmos Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:18:51 +0000 http://www.briancuban.com/?p=3905#comment-4098 Most of them are saying that it is not real. Even they are giving proof. But i can't believe weather it is real or just photoshoped. <abbr><em>Belmoss last blog post..<a href="http://www.belmos.com/index.php?topic=427.msg1254#msg1254" rel="nofollow">Christmas & New Year Pics</a></abbr></em> Most of them are saying that it is not real. Even they are giving proof. But i can’t believe weather it is real or just photoshoped.

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]]> By: Aviation News http://www.briancuban.com/is-the-moon-an-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-4097 Aviation News Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:45:02 +0000 http://www.briancuban.com/?p=3905#comment-4097 Excellent post and I would like to add the following. It is no surprise that NASA has been having problems receiving the funding that it truly needs, and when times are tough, such as the current economic meltdown we are in, then NASA funding becomes even more difficult. The problem with NASA is that it has been dragging it's feet for to long. Year after year, and decade after decade, of low earth orbit would make any common American citizen bored of what NASA is doing. If the American citizen gets bored with NASA, then it seems logical that Congress gets bored with NASA. That means less funding. No bucks, no Buck Rogers. Some of the really exciting science related stuff has come from the unmanned Mars robotic rovers Spirit and Opportunity, which have been enormously successful, and relatively cheap. The problem is only scientists and technical people get excited about Spirit and Opportunity. If NASA wants to gain the backing of the American people, they need to speed up the process of human exploration of space. Back in the Apollo days, we went to the moon within a 9 year period. Today, it can take 9 years just to get a NASA program approved by Congress. At the rate that NASA is going, private enterprise will pass it in terms of getting humans back into space exploration. And if not private enterprise, then China will gladly take the role of a global leader in space exploration. As Barack Obama enters office, he needs to take care of some major problems here in the United States. Which is what he should be doing. But hopefully he does not lose site of the need for humans to move outward into the only remaining frontier, that being space. Humans must explore because it is our nature to be curious. Politicians come and go, but the need to explore space will always exist. If goals for NASA are set to far in the future, that leaves to much time for Presidents, Congress, and the American people to change their mind. When Bush set the goal of sending humans to Mars at 2035, that is to far in the future. Right now we should only focus on getting back to the Moon. Use the Moon as a base or stepping stone for further space exploration. Lets take space exploration in incremental steps. Hopefully space exploration is important to the American people. If it is not, then we as a country will eventually have to step aside as a global leader and let other countries take the torch of space exploration. If we don’t explore, other countries will. For news about aviation and space visit <a href="http://aviation-space-news-for-aviators.top-seo-solutions.com/" title="Aviation News - For the Aviation and Space Enthusiast " rel="nofollow">Aviation News - For the Aviation and Space Enthusiast</a>. Excellent post and I would like to add the following. It is no surprise that NASA has been having problems receiving the funding that it truly needs, and when times are tough, such as the current economic meltdown we are in, then NASA funding becomes even more difficult. The problem with NASA is that it has been dragging it’s feet for to long. Year after year, and decade after decade, of low earth orbit would make any common American citizen bored of what NASA is doing. If the American citizen gets bored with NASA, then it seems logical that Congress gets bored with NASA. That means less funding. No bucks, no Buck Rogers.

Some of the really exciting science related stuff has come from the unmanned Mars robotic rovers Spirit and Opportunity, which have been enormously successful, and relatively cheap. The problem is only scientists and technical people get excited about Spirit and Opportunity. If NASA wants to gain the backing of the American people, they need to speed up the process of human exploration of space. Back in the Apollo days, we went to the moon within a 9 year period. Today, it can take 9 years just to get a NASA program approved by Congress. At the rate that NASA is going, private enterprise will pass it in terms of getting humans back into space exploration. And if not private enterprise, then China will gladly take the role of a global leader in space exploration.

As Barack Obama enters office, he needs to take care of some major problems here in the United States. Which is what he should be doing. But hopefully he does not lose site of the need for humans to move outward into the only remaining frontier, that being space. Humans must explore because it is our nature to be curious. Politicians come and go, but the need to explore space will always exist. If goals for NASA are set to far in the future, that leaves to much time for Presidents, Congress, and the American people to change their mind. When Bush set the goal of sending humans to Mars at 2035, that is to far in the future. Right now we should only focus on getting back to the Moon. Use the Moon as a base or stepping stone for further space exploration. Lets take space exploration in incremental steps. Hopefully space exploration is important to the American people. If it is not, then we as a country will eventually have to step aside as a global leader and let other countries take the torch of space exploration. If we don’t explore, other countries will.

For news about aviation and space visit Aviation News – For the Aviation and Space Enthusiast.

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