McCain: Russia, China encroaching on U.S. space business, Americans would be excited by man on Mars

[Amerigo Vespucci]

VIDEO @ the URL below:

During a town hall campaign event in Lake Buena Vista, FL, John McCain said that Ray Bradbury's classic science-fiction story series The Martian Chronicles inspired him to consider a manned mission to Mars.

After warning that Russia and China are encroaching on America's waning dominance of "space business," McCain mentioned Bradbury.

"As a very young boy, I was intrigued by and read Ray Bradbury, and my favorite ... is The Martian Chronicles," said McCain. "I am intrigued by a man on Mars and I think it would excite the imagination of the American people."

Bradbury's series depicted human refugees from Earth colonizing the Red Planet and the ensuing strife in dealing with its native inhabitants.

This video is from CNN.com, broadcast June 5, 2008: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Martian_Chronicles_inspire_McCain_to_put_0605.html

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[anonymous171]

1. Seriously, people are paying $4 for gas and McCain wants to go to fucking Mars!?

Who's out-of-touch again?

[Swamp Rat]

2. Mars is a great idea.

We can send McCain and the entire Bushler admin there to colonize it.

[Mojambo]

3. The American people watch American Idol and fucking Wifeswap

Clearly their imagination is completely retarded.

[Firespirit]

4. 'The Martian Chronicles' was published in 1950.

Maybe age 15 is "a very young boy" when you're John McCain.

Whatever. If McCain has a problem with NASA's decline, he should pin the blame where it belongs, on the corpse of Raygun.

[Gabi Hayes]

5. ''Mars, bitches!''

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/6/12235/79208/83/491122

[Monk06]

6. The US national debt is closing in on $ 10 Trillion. That's just the current account

Personal debt is on the nearside of an additional
$1 Trillion. The US personal savings rate is
negative.

Who is going to pay for this grotesque piece
of vanity science when robotics are doing
real science on Mars much much cheaper as we
speak?

This guy is the Forrest Gump of Republican
presidential nominees. Too dumb to be let
out of the house on his own.

[DFW]

7. A man on Mars: an inspited idea!

Joe Lieberman and Dick Cheney can flip a coin to see who goes first.