Ice on the moon a "game-changer"

[dar512]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

So your next vacation you'll be sending some guy you don't know, have only seen on TV, and demands the Presidential suite at the Hilton? Think it'll be just as good as going yourself?:p

Sadly, I will not be going into space personally. I'm too old and we waited too long. But I'd like to hope that my children's children could go if they had a mind to.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

There are much more beneficial frontiers, right here on Earth.

I don't have any objections to pursuing those as well.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

We whom would not be sad, out number you by an order of magnitude. Space geeks represent a tiny fraction of the world.

Really? When did you do the survey?

If this does turn out to be true, then that just makes me sad as well. It means we really have turned into a nation of bean-counters.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by dar512

Really? When did you do the survey?

Sorta;
Hey, did you see the space shot?
Naw, I was watching Sponge Bob... There was a space shot?... Why, they all look the same?
Plus the TV ratings showed a precipitous drop.

If this does turn out to be true, then that just makes me sad as well. It means we really have turned into a nation of bean-counters.

No, it isn't the money, it's not good theater, unless you do an Apollo 13. You can't explore the moon, in a real time two hour show, minus 40 minutes of commercials.

They are only thinking about this to beat the Chinese there.

[dar512]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Sorta;
Hey, did you see the space shot?
Naw, I was watching Sponge Bob... There was a space shot?... Why, they all look the same?
Plus the TV ratings showed a precipitous drop.

Now there's a strawman argument. The ratings are dropping, so it's no longer worth doing? Is this what American society has become? If no one's going to watch it on TV, let's just drop it?

I don't for a minute believe the one has anything to do with the other. When's the last time you watched footage from the South Pole station? Should we stop that as well?

Oh look, no one is watching cancer research on TV. Maybe we should put an end to that.