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| NASA plans permanent polar outpost on moon in 2024 |
| 2006-12-05 |
| NASA announced Monday it will establish an international base camp on one of the moon's poles, permanently staffing it by 2024, four years after astronauts return to the moon. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 The plan makes sense. The poles will have the water (if anywhere). We just need to fire some inflatable modules up there, bury them in soil and we've got a base that's a lot cheaper and safer than the ISS. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-12-05 16:50 |
| #4 I propose Adam Selene for its first President. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2006-12-05 09:49 |
| #3 If would make a great launch area for vessels with nuclear propulsion. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2006-12-05 06:54 |
| #2 WHo will bring the bats? |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2006-12-05 06:16 |
| #1 Five yarns before APOPHIS, etc. and 5-9 years after Russia-China's "not only possible but desired" anti-US global nuke war??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-12-05 00:42 |