Bush to make big space announcement

[kalian]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3910698/

WASHINGTON - President Bush is preparing to unveil a new space initiative with a long-range goal of returning man to the moon and establishing a permanent presence there, NBC News confirmed Thursday. Government officials said there were still final details that the president had yet to sign off on, but that the announcement could come as early as next week.
White House press secretary Scott McClellan told reporters traveling with the president Thursday that Bush would have more to say about the space program next week.

Speculation within the U.S. space community about a major White House policy announcement has been swirling for months, with some speculating that Bush would say something when he spoke at the Wright Brothers centennial in Kitty Hawk. But the president stayed mum on the subject, despite prodding from actor John Travolta, who urged him at the event to commit to such an idea and even volunteered to go on the first mission.

:eyes:
Something else to distract the sheeple with...and...I'd like to know
just WHERE the hell are we getting the money for this?! :mad:

[arcos]

1. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=305062

[rfranklin]

2. Gee, maybe we can use all that green cheese to...

feed all the unemployed that he created.

[rustydog]

3. Read PNAC. We can't militarize space unless we returns to space

Man, this group is consistent in following the blueprint for an American Empire.

[salin]

4. Folks need to keep hittinig this and the money angle

(as in... aren't we in enough debt already?!?!?) - all part of unmasking the fraud.

[frogfromthenorth2]

5. He's GOING to mars!!!!! Yippeeeeeee

And he only has enough budget for a one way trip!

[BiggJawn]

6. What, that he has tons of it between his ears?

Again, Hey, Sheriff George! Who's gonna PAY for "Moonbase Alpha"?

Oh, I'll bet he thinks he'll get to visit and make "moon mushies" with Helena...

[vpigrad]

7. I thought this was going to be about...

the space between his ears! We need to explore that vast emptiness to see if there's enough room to dump all of our garbage.

[Whoa_Nelly]

8. First thought when reading this headline...

he was going to open his mouth and nothing would come out...that would have been great news!...and I like the mental picture...WeaselMouth all dried up from the inside out.

[creativelcro]

9. How is the moon gonna be split up?

First come first serve ???

[mouse7]

10. Dumbya announces in SoTU plans to destroy WoMD on Moon

Dumbya plans to announce in his State of The Union address his intention to invade the Moon and destroy the WoMD possesed by the dictator Man in the Moon.

"The Man in the Moon is an evil-doer, and poses a direct threat to the security of the United States. He has the capability to launch moon nukes at US cities made from the remnants of Apollo moon landings left behind on the moon."

Secretary of State showed the United Nations evidence of the imminent threat from the Man in the Moon

"The Man in the Moon has the ability to deliver WoMD against the Unites States using the three moon rovers left on the Moon by Apollo missions...."

[wabeewoman]

11. Reminds me of a joke going around recently...

I was so excited when I heard the president was taking us to the moon but then I heard he was coming back.

[TheMiddleRoad]

12. Good news

This is good news for democrats. Bush is proposing another giant waste of time and money program. If people are actually told what this will cost, they will balk.

I've said this elsewhere. NASA should be broken into two agencies. One would be responsible for space research, satellites and adding to human knowledge. The other would send men into space.

[pinkpops]

13. possibilities

1) He thinks the lure of high-tech jobs will help him with unemployed defense workers.
2) As above, it is another distraction for people who dont think too deeply.
3) claim the moon as American colony?
4) Throw a monkey wrench in international space efforts

I believe most scientists feel like the most bang for the buck on long missions is with robotics.

of course, he's no Jack Kennedy

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

14. That he's lost in it?

I got a Presidential MisSpeak calendar for Xmas...what a dolt!

[flaminbats]

15. He'll get the extra money from our tax cuts!

You know all the ones that Dean, Kerry, Lieberman, Edwards, Clark, Kucinich, and even Sharpton now support. Remember...the greater the taxcuts, the greater the revenue, and the sky is the limit! :crazy:

Yes in ten years...we pledge to land debts on the moon, because it is easy..not because it is hard!

[Demonaut]

16. How many times will this idiot mislead us??

How many generations will pay his bills???

[Moderator]

17. Dupe... locking

Please continue discussion within the original LBN thread on this topic, which can be found here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=305062&mesg_id=305062

Thanks!

DU Moderator