Artemis Project: Why?
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I've got pictures of the land. We've figured out where the golf course will go and have planned out the shopping center and subdivisions.
Van, some recent Tyson Fury Heavyweight fights have had great drama. They’re well worth checking out.
This one wasn’t. A big German and some other white guy fought that Floyd Patterson would have knocked out in the first round.
When Cassius Clay fought anybody, the entire town of Humansville cared who won.
This was before meth and little plastic dollar bottles of whiskey existed, and when only drunken sailors had tattoos.
My father wore a hat until Mama threatened to burn it.
We were just sixty miles North of all being Arkansawers but we had pride, were well dressed, well read, and in fashion.
We kids knew the 12 Olympians.
Twelve Olympians - Wikipedia
Today I doubt one kid in Humansville could name one, or even more than a few of the Twelve Apostles.
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"The conquest of space is worth the risk of life. Our God-given curiosity will force us to go there ourselves because in the final analysis, only man can fully evaluate the moon in terms understandable to other men."
-Gus Grissom
Did you know that the moon smells like spent gunpowder?
Twelve people have walked on the Moon and all of them agree: the Moon smells like gunpowder. According to Space.com, astronaut Jack Schmitt said: “All I can say is that everyone's instant impression of the smell was that of spent gunpowder, not that it was 'metallic' or 'acrid'.
Humans don't just study the unknown...they EXPERIENCE it. I think it's worth it.
-Gus Grissom
Did you know that the moon smells like spent gunpowder?
Twelve people have walked on the Moon and all of them agree: the Moon smells like gunpowder. According to Space.com, astronaut Jack Schmitt said: “All I can say is that everyone's instant impression of the smell was that of spent gunpowder, not that it was 'metallic' or 'acrid'.
Humans don't just study the unknown...they EXPERIENCE it. I think it's worth it.
And they have to wear their nation's flag on their shoulder just in case they forget where they're from once they get up there!"The conquest of space is worth the risk of life. Our God-given curiosity will force us to go there ourselves because in the final analysis, only man can fully evaluate the moon in terms understandable to other men."
-Gus Grissom
Did you know that the moon smells like spent gunpowder?
Twelve people have walked on the Moon and all of them agree: the Moon smells like gunpowder. According to Space.com, astronaut Jack Schmitt said: “All I can say is that everyone's instant impression of the smell was that of spent gunpowder, not that it was 'metallic' or 'acrid'.
Humans don't just study the unknown...they EXPERIENCE it. I think it's worth it.
Only joking.....it's still morning here and I've yet to take my meds
.Regards,
Jay.
While I'm sure it will cost boatloads of money, there are benefits to the program like advancement in technology here on Earth. This has been mentioned before in the thread.
There will always be something 'else' to spend tax payer money on, whatever the project.
There will always be something 'else' to spend tax payer money on, whatever the project.
Back in 1978 the late great Robert 'Bob' Calvert (poet, musician, occasional Hawkwind collaborator & all round good egg) wrote 'Uncle Sam's On Mars' which was later performed by Hawkwind on their PXR5 album of 1979 with Calvert on vocals.
It goes thus...and I can't help thinking how prescient he was when he wrote this....
Shoals of dead fish float on the lakes,
But Uncle Sam's on Mars
And science is making the same mistakes,
But Uncle Sam's on Mars
And no one down here knows how to work the brakes,
But Uncle Sam's on Mars
Layers of smoke in the atmosphere have made the earth
Too hot to bear
Earth might be a desert soon,
America has left the Moon
He's digging for dreams in the red sand
He's got his bucket and spade in his left hand
He's digging for dreams
He's looking for life
What's he doing out there?
He's looking for life
Looking for life
There may be life out there
"I'm talking to you by telephone from the Oval Room in the White House.
And this certainly must be the most exciting telephone
call ever made here on Earth. I just can't tell
you how proud we all are. For every American this
has to be the proudest day of out lives. And
for people all over the world, I'm sure they too
join with us in recognising what a tremendous
achievement this is. For one priceless moment
in the whole history of Man......"
MacDonald's Hamburger
Constructional rights
And he's looking for life
Looking for life to wind up
He's looking for life to stamp out
He's looking for life to grind out
He's looking for life, so mind out
I hope you brought your credit card with you, and I hope you know how to
drive on these long, lonely freeways and intersections we've got up
here. We've got two cars in the garage, two cars in the garage, and we've got
drum majorettes in white ankle socks and baton twirling on Sundays.
We've got stripes and the stars and Uncle Sam's on [huge explosion]
And for those with a discerning ear....
(2) 3. Uncle Sams On Mars - YouTube
Regards,
Jay.
It goes thus...and I can't help thinking how prescient he was when he wrote this....
Shoals of dead fish float on the lakes,
But Uncle Sam's on Mars
And science is making the same mistakes,
But Uncle Sam's on Mars
And no one down here knows how to work the brakes,
But Uncle Sam's on Mars
Layers of smoke in the atmosphere have made the earth
Too hot to bear
Earth might be a desert soon,
America has left the Moon
He's digging for dreams in the red sand
He's got his bucket and spade in his left hand
He's digging for dreams
He's looking for life
What's he doing out there?
He's looking for life
Looking for life
There may be life out there
"I'm talking to you by telephone from the Oval Room in the White House.
And this certainly must be the most exciting telephone
call ever made here on Earth. I just can't tell
you how proud we all are. For every American this
has to be the proudest day of out lives. And
for people all over the world, I'm sure they too
join with us in recognising what a tremendous
achievement this is. For one priceless moment
in the whole history of Man......"
MacDonald's Hamburger
Constructional rights
And he's looking for life
Looking for life to wind up
He's looking for life to stamp out
He's looking for life to grind out
He's looking for life, so mind out
I hope you brought your credit card with you, and I hope you know how to
drive on these long, lonely freeways and intersections we've got up
here. We've got two cars in the garage, two cars in the garage, and we've got
drum majorettes in white ankle socks and baton twirling on Sundays.
We've got stripes and the stars and Uncle Sam's on [huge explosion]
And for those with a discerning ear....
(2) 3. Uncle Sams On Mars - YouTube
Regards,
Jay.
In 1992 I was elected Superintendent of the local Disciples of Christ church for a one year term.
A wealthy benefactor offered to donate the church a brand new elevator, that cost ten thousand dollars, so that the elderly and others who had mobility issues could use the new annex and access the sanctuary.
I gushed and thanked him, and made what I thought would be a unanimous motion to approve the new elevator.
I found out there was a lot of opposition to, the project. It might be abused and played on by children, those that might use it might not need it, it would change the stairwell, we’d gotten along fine without an elevator, and there were other projects we needed worse, than an elevator, and if we put in an elevator, who would pay to maintain it?
The benefactor and his wife, offered then to endow the church with another ten thousand to maintain and eventually replace the elevator.
I can remember thinking, I’d tell us to kiss their ass, but they were better Christians, I suppose.
The amended motion passed, and the church actually was better off for it.
No matter what the issue, there will always be those against it.
A wealthy benefactor offered to donate the church a brand new elevator, that cost ten thousand dollars, so that the elderly and others who had mobility issues could use the new annex and access the sanctuary.
I gushed and thanked him, and made what I thought would be a unanimous motion to approve the new elevator.
I found out there was a lot of opposition to, the project. It might be abused and played on by children, those that might use it might not need it, it would change the stairwell, we’d gotten along fine without an elevator, and there were other projects we needed worse, than an elevator, and if we put in an elevator, who would pay to maintain it?
The benefactor and his wife, offered then to endow the church with another ten thousand to maintain and eventually replace the elevator.
I can remember thinking, I’d tell us to kiss their ass, but they were better Christians, I suppose.
The amended motion passed, and the church actually was better off for it.
No matter what the issue, there will always be those against it.
The digitization of media and communications has only been "progress" in the sense of a technological lawn mower progressing over the turd of ignorance, spreading it out evenly in all directions to produce a greater stench.I read them, but the current ignorance of rural Missourians is staggering.
Cable news, destroys literacy.
I’ll bet three out of four adults today in rural Missouri couldn’t find Ukraine on a map.
Walter Cronkite is a long time dead.
There is a war against science, literacy, and traditional culture.
The barbarians are winning.
Briar Lee, please remind me, what brand of tobacco do you smoke?
Regards,
Jay.
Regards,
Jay.
Corruption is the black plague of the human being. After the pandemic, countries are more divided, more strategic military and geopolitical rearmament. A brutal culture of consumption, which translates into a planet and oceans turned into real garbage dumps. It is difficult to think that the future will be better.
It’s the kind, where your mother has you memorize the Pledge of Allegiance before you are two years old.Briar Lee, please remind me, what brand of tobacco do you smoke?
Regards,
Jay.
If you were sure and certain God kept your record, you might be on your best behavior all the time, too.
The list of reasons to be against going to the moon and making new heroes, is awful short.
Some kid might want to grow up, to become an astronaut.
Well said John, and of course where you live you are experiencing the the back end of all this nonsense more than most. (I saw on the news last night acres & acres of Spanish olive groves with olives the size of match heads).
Pakistan has recently spent billions on their own space programme....now they are passing around the international begging bowl for the rest of the world to help them due to unbelievably harsh rains that have left one third of the country under water, many hundreds of lives lost and untold infrastructure ruined.
Not very good housekeeping to my eyes.
Regards,
Jay.
I admire those astronauts. Far away from our planet, eating oatmeal with hydrolyzed raspberries and shitting in a mixed bathroom, without press or newspaper. Discipline and effort, something that is now frowned upon in the educational system of my country. We have a real government of parasites, with no defined direction.
I suggest the endowment of an English department at Humansville Tech.
The Humansville school still has entirely old time nondenominational Christians on the board, every last one that believes in Judgement Day for me, not just thee.
If you drive around Humansville it looks like a third world shit hole, except for the school, church and brand new library.
100% of students at Humansville school are on free breakfasts, free lunches, and free take home food in back packs.
Our Governor owns a farm near Humansville.
Of all the Governors, Mike Parson alone refused free school lunches during the summer.
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A spokeswoman for Gov. Mike Parson defended Missouri’s handling of its free summer meals program Wednesday, a day after NBC News revealed the state was the only one not to allow to-go meals this summer — leading to a dramatic drop in food distributed to kids.
An exclusive NBC News analysis based on responses from all 50 states showed Missouri was the only one not to opt in to a federal waiver that permitted program operators to offer grab-and-go meals. The pandemic-era benefit vastly expanded access to the Summer Food Service Program by giving families the flexibility to take meals home rather than requiring kids to eat on site at set times.
Those who ran the program across the state said Missouri’s decision not to take advantage of the relaxed rules resulted in up to 97% fewer meals distributed compared to last summer.
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Parson grew up Missionary Baptist.
On the other hand, we all knew the words to Tramp on the Street as soon as we were old enough to talk.
The people that howl the loudest about religious freedom seem intent on not reading the red letters of the Gospel.
Which is their right.
Government can’t mandate living as Christ commanded us to live.
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It's my understanding that there was a good bit of debate and delay implementing The Final Solution. Some people are just whiners.
My wife’s godfather was Eugene Cernan - the last man to walk on the moon. He and my wife’s father owned Johnson Engineering which ran NASA’s neutral buoyancy lab and housed the shuttle simulator amongst other things. I know Gene was not happy when NASA discontinued the moon program - I wonder what he would have thought about Artemis? Sadly both Gene and my father in-law have passed away now so I am unable to ask them.
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