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NASA owns the Moon (Read 788 times)
Nov 7
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, 2011 at 1:35am
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No wonder other countries hate us. "We got there first so we own it."
NASA prepares for moon tourism
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... From 1969 to 1972, NASA sent 6 manned space missions to the moon. Each one landed in a different spot, but in each case American astronauts left behind various artifacts. The first, Apollo 11, for instance, left things ranging from a "Camera, Lunar TV" to a "Urine Collection Assembly (Small)".
NASA isn't expecting the sites to generate the kind of traffic we see at national parks on Earth, but the prospect of future tourists could affect plans to inspect the sites and artifacts in the future. So, the space agency released guidelines this summer on protecting lunar landing sites and artifacts. They call for a 1,200 acre "no-fly" zone around the first Apollo 11 landing site, and final Apollo 17 one. Tourists could only walk within 82 yards of the Apollo 11 landing site where Neil Armstrong first took "One small step for man," on July 20, 1969, under the guidelines.
What's the rush? NASA had started to get questions from the two dozen or more teams competing for the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize for the "first privately funded teams to safely land a robot on the surface of the Moon." NASA officials suddenly had nightmares of private spaceships landing on top of Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong's "Defecation Collection Device (4 bags)" left at the Apollo 11 site. Part of the prize involves driving a robot rover about a third of a mile on the moon, as well. And no one wants to see Armstrong's footprints obliterated by a robot tourist ....
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Nov 7
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No air on the moon... No air space
The whole point of space (first used by the Russians, but lapped up by, I believe, Eisenhower) was that there should be no control over where you can float/fly/fall in space. Namely so that the USA could get away with spying on others...
I think America is slightly peeved that the rest of the world is trying to get on without them. I remember hearing something the other day about the UK and Europe going completely free of American GPS satellites. Really, they're just trying to hold onto anything in space that they can.
It's a landmark in history, but it will be over ruled when we go to other planets and do other things. Okay, keep the foot steps, but don't own the moon.
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, 2011 at 3:19pm
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This cannot be, I gave some money to a man in Nigeria and I now own the moon and am waiting for the $43 million to arrive in my bank account
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Nov 7
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You can't own a celestial object. Not even humans own the Earth since we still fall at natural catastrophes and can't even gather 1% of the total energy available on this planet....
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Nov 7
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Xpand wrote
on Nov 7
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, 2011 at 3:26pm:
You can't own a celestial object. Not even humans own the Earth since we still fall at natural catastrophes and can't even gather 1% of the total energy available on this planet....
Damn the 99%
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Nov 7
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, 2011 at 4:20pm
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Webb wrote
on Nov 7
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, 2011 at 1:35am:
No wonder other countries hate us. "We got there first so we own it."
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Its not hate is envy
Example , people hate USA and at the same time wear blue jeans ,listen Britney Spears and Madonna(I know one) eats Hamburgers ,love Country Music and travels all the time to NYC, have Chevrolet, Ford I was going to take a picture the other day of one of those convention against the Empire (usa) and all their cars ,from 47 cars ONE was a Mercedes the rest just Chevrolet and Fords, love going to a supermarket (and American Invention ) shew Gum etc etc etc ...
IF Cristobal Colon in the name of Spain claims all these lands as Spanish lands ,So due that NO OTHER HUMANS land on the moon is American, Besides Every one claims that USA Invades , The Soviet Union took countries to grow and get powerfull by military force ,I didn't see Gringos Fighting over there with anyone
and yes, I love USA more than many Americans I know
this woman claims (a spanish woman) that she owns the sun Now I ask her to step he footprint on the surface of the sun so it will close the deal
No Kidding take a look
http://www.odditycentral.com/funny/spanish-woman-claims-she-owns-the-sun-and-wan...
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Webb wrote
on Nov 7
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, 2011 at 1:35am:
No wonder other countries hate us. "We got there first so we own it."
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/flag/flag.htm
Prior to the Apollo 11 moon landing, the United Nations (U.N.) adopted the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies of 27 January 1967 (commonly known as the Outer Space Treaty). Article II of the treaty clearly states that "outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of occupation, or by any other means." The United States, signatory to the treaty, could not claim the moon. Therefore, raising a flag on the lunar surface would merely be a symbolic gesture -- an expression of triumph similar to the planting of a flag on Mount Everest or at the North and South Poles. The legal status of the moon clearly would not be affected by the presence of a U.S. flag on the surface, but NASA was aware of the international controversy that might occur as a result.
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Nov 7
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I love how the irony just set in.
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Nov 7
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Sorry to burst NASA's bubble but as any equipment left behind is no longer functioning, thus has been abandoned. It is therefor junk (Historically significant, but junk nonetheless). As such anyone with the wherewithal to get to it can help themselves to any souvenirs that take their fancy, and there aint a thing NASA can do to stop them
Having said that, fat chance anyone is going to be walking in Armstrong's footsteps any time soon.
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alrot wrote
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, 2011 at 4:20pm:
Example, people hate USA and at the same time wear blue jeans, listen Britney Spears and Madonna
We tried to get rid of Madonna but the English wouldn't take her.
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A news article quote from the past. You can't even own a piece of the moon.
" (Newser) – NASA does sting operations, too? Investigators from the space agency and local police confiscated a purported moon rock from a woman trying to sell it for a cool $1.7 million, reports the Los Angeles Times. NASA has not finished tests to determine whether it's legit. After a months-long operation, investigators met with the woman in a restaurant to make the exchange. They took her into custody and grabbed the rock instead. Because moon rocks are considered "national treasures," it's illegal to sell them."
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Tequila Sunrise wrote
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, 2011 at 5:46pm:
Sorry to burst NASA's bubble but as any equipment left behind is no longer functioning, thus has been abandoned. It is therefor junk (Historically significant, but junk nonetheless). As such anyone with the wherewithal to get to it can help themselves to any souvenirs that take their fancy, and there aint a thing NASA can do to stop them
Having said that, fat chance anyone is going to be walking in Armstrong's footsteps any time soon.
Craig
This doesn't apply to shipwrecks under the sea. So you could collect artifacts off the moon but they are legally still Nasa property as soon as you re-enter Earths atmosphere.
Flying with twins is a lot of fun..
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, 2011 at 1:02pm
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machineman9 wrote
on Nov 7
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, 2011 at 3:28pm:
Xpand wrote
on Nov 7
th
, 2011 at 3:26pm:
You can't own a celestial object. Not even humans own the Earth since we still fall at natural catastrophes and can't even gather 1% of the total energy available on this planet....
Damn the 99%
1% and we've already ruined the earth, It's more than enough
. Give a toddler a bag of his favourite sweets, give him one to eat and tell him to leave the rest and enjoy the show
This reminds me of the time that the US government declared ownership of all .com/.net domains
Most people think that flying a plane is dangerous, except pilots because they know how easy it is.
Arguing with a pilot is like wrestling with a pig in the mud, after a while you begin to think the pig likes it.
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hyperpep111 wrote
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, 2011 at 1:02pm:
1% and we've already ruined the earth, It's more than enough
. Give a toddler a bag of his favourite sweets, give him one to eat and tell him to leave the rest and enjoy the show
This reminds me of the time that the US government declared ownership of all .com/.net domains
Ah no, that's where the common knowledge is wrong: We are not ruining the Earth, we are ruining ourselves. The Earth is damn well capable of reestablishing the balance without humans messing around.
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Nov 9
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Ah no, that's where the common knowledge is wrong: We are not ruining the Earth, we are ruining ourselves. The Earth is damn well capable of reestablishing the balance without humans messing around.
We are but fleas on Mother Natures back. When she has had enough, she WILL scratch us off
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1olehippy wrote
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, 2011 at 12:01pm:
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Ah no, that's where the common knowledge is wrong: We are not ruining the Earth, we are ruining ourselves. The Earth is damn well capable of reestablishing the balance without humans messing around.
We are but fleas on Mother Natures back. When she has had enough, she WILL scratch us off
To be honest almost fell of the chair laughing at Ricardo's first post here
. But it isn't funny (well it is but you get the point) but Nature just has to wait it out and we'll destroy ourselves. Like the casualty online games
.
But anyway, Earth survived a collision with another planet imagine what nature has up it's sleeve...
Most people think that flying a plane is dangerous, except pilots because they know how easy it is.
Arguing with a pilot is like wrestling with a pig in the mud, after a while you begin to think the pig likes it.
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