NASA to send 4 astronauts to the moon

[Wannabe Actuary]

in 2018

SPACE.com) -- NASA briefed senior White House officials Wednesday on its plan to spend $100 billion and the next 12 years building the spacecraft and rockets it needs to put humans back on the Moon by 2018.
The space agency now expects to roll out its lunar exploration plan to key Congressional committees on Friday and to the broader public through a news conference on Monday, Washington sources tell SPACE.com.

U.S. President George W. Bush called in January 2004 for the United States to return to the Moon by 2020 as the first major step in a broader space exploration vision aimed at extending the human presence throughout the solar system.

NASA has been working intensely since April on an exploration plan that entails building an 18-foot blunt body crew capsule and launchers built from major space shuttle components including the main engines, solid rocket boosters and massive external fuel tanks.

think they'll do it for real this time?

[Moe Szyslak]

Originally Posted by Wannabe Actuary

in 2018


think they'll do it for real this time?

Did 2Pac steal your ID?

[Maine-iac]

I think it will be scrubbed, or at least back-burnered, while the Katrina relief tally is running up. It's not an expense that will enamour Congress or the public right now.

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Maine-iac

I think it will be scrubbed, or at least back-burnered, while the Katrina relief tally is running up. It's not an expense that will enamour Congress or the public right now.

sad but true.

[Drzy]

I had no idea it was that big of a cost or undertaking to put people on the moon. I guess I just assumed I never heard anything about astronauts on the moon because it was fairly routine and not newsworthy.

Not that this makes me think the original was faked... but it does plant some seeds of doubt.

[Wannabe Actuary]

sending men to the moon in the 70's was cheap.

Rented astronaut suit: $150
American Flag: $20
TV Camera: $5000
Duping the world: priceless

[Han Solo]

Originally Posted by Moe.

Did 2Pac steal your ID?

Speaking of 2Pac, I think this is the part he read

NASA has been working intensely since April on ... building an 18-foot blunt

[Mel-o-rama]

Originally Posted by Wannabe Actuary

sending men to the moon in the 70's was cheap.

Rented astronaut suit: $150
American Flag: $20
TV Camera: $5000
Duping the world: priceless

[Blue Skies]

I assume yall are being funny or sarcastic, because the typical arguement that the moon landings were faked is laughable.

[Wannabe Actuary]

Originally Posted by Blue Skies

I assume yall are being funny or sarcastic, because the typical arguement that the moon landings were faked is laughable.

Explain then what the typical arguement is, and why it's laughable...