One Small Step For Man, One Giant Lunar Park For The U.S.?

[kaine123]

[QUOTE][IMG]http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/07/20/moon-from-space-iss-exped-28_wide-add44fc0c2d93bb87420cb21971dfc042d7d64f4-s40.jpg[/IMG]
[I]The moon, seen from the International Space Station, on July 31.[/I][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]Can astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's "giant leap for mankind" be permanently preserved? Two House Democrats want to do just that: They proposed a bill to create a national historic park for the Apollo 11 mission — on the moon. The legislation would designate a park on the moon to honor that first mission, as well as preserve artifacts from other lunar missions

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READ THE FUCKING ARTICLE AND LISTEN TO THE RADIO SEGMENT BEFORE YOU GO MAKING DUMBASS POSTS YOU FUCKS.
[url]http://www.npr.org/2013/07/20/203605390/one-small-step-for-man-one-giant-lunar-park-for-the-u-s[/url]

[FunnyStarRunner]

But the moon's so far away. I don't think many people could visit it.

[Zeke129]

[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;41535695]But the moon's so far away. I don't think many people could visit it.[/QUOTE]

If they declare it a park people will find a way to visit just so they can leave their coffee cups all over the ground

[🐉 Big D King G]

But I don't even like gophers!

[Cyril Connolly]

Typical Democrats are already trying to keep valuable real estate on the moon out of the hands of good old fashioned capitalists.

[FunnyStarRunner]

[QUOTE=Zeke129;41535710]If they declare it a park people will find a way to visit just so they can leave their coffee cups all over the ground[/QUOTE]

Or even better, kick them and watch the cups float into space.

[lech]

The Government just doesn't want us on the moon, you know why?

They found the fucking monolith

[T]http://mihaelamona.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/tma1.jpg[/T]

[Reagy]

I honestly don't see this working or going through, the flag its self is already technically a memorial on the moon but due to the Treaty you can't claim land for the country and to build a fully functional memorial you either have to claim land to build on or work out some agreement between countries to allow it to be built, as on technical terms the moon is owned by everyone and no one.

I mean its a nice idea but a memorial for that would be better as something theoretical than physical and we've already got both of those down here on Earth, not to mention the flag is already a memorial of sorts and isn't going anywhere.

[The Adjudicator]

I swear there is a futurama episode about this

[Mike_Tyson]

[QUOTE=Craptasket;41535808]I swear there is a futurama episode about this[/QUOTE]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/9o4jGPd.jpg[/img]

[Killer900]

[QUOTE=Craptasket;41535808]I swear there is a futurama episode about this[/QUOTE]We're whalers on the moon...

[Peepin]

[QUOTE=Craptasket;41535808]I swear there is a futurama episode about this[/QUOTE]

Yep, second episode first season!

I say they do it. That will only mean we will get space travel for everyone!

[Ixmucane]

[QUOTE=Killer900;41535880]We're whalers on the moon...[/QUOTE]

We're sailors with harpoons...

[Grenadiac]

I don't think this is legal

[DireWolf]

[QUOTE=teh pirate;41536460]I don't think this is legal[/QUOTE]

yeah, makes you think when we eventually have to start building shit on the moon how we'll divide up the land.

[Blazyd]

[QUOTE=Ixmucane;41536456]We're sailors with harpoons...[/QUOTE]

It's "we're sailors on the moon, we carry our harpoons"

jeez get it right

[Irespawnoften]

"I went to lunar national park and all I got was this lousy [del]cancer[/del] T shirt"

[pentium]

A park sounds decent.
After all, it isn't like politics will take a break for five minutes to let us go back.

[An Axolotl]

Wait until the Ruskies here about this! :v:

[JennyC6]

It sort of makes sense, though. They want to protect what is currently the single most historically significant acre of soil that mankind has ever trod upon. I'm all for taking as many measures as is reasonably possible to ensure that the Apollo landing sites aren't turned into fucking theme parks, bulldozed to make room for a rocket fuel plant, or anything like that.

If there is such a thing as sacred ground it's the Apollo 11 landing site.

[Missing User]

Someone has already filed for ownership of the moon, they're making tons of money selling real estate there, too.

[BCell]

First off, invent a starship that can travel to the moon from earth in less than 5 minutes, then terra form the moon by placing atmosphere, water and plant life. Then you can build what ever you want.

[gekko]

I can feel the U.S. in this thread.

[Jamsponge]

Sometimes I wonder, will the eventual landing on Mars by humans ever diminish the significance of the Moon landing? Somehow I doubt it. What we have is essentially the real-life diorama of the modern 'inventing the wheel', it's the beginning of a new era.
Hopefully.

[xSikarius]

[url]http://www.lunarregistry.com/land/index.shtml[/url] START INVESTING

[CubeManv2]

I volunteer to be the first to have sex in the crater

[Mackalda2k6]

That title was great OP.

[Pyth]

[QUOTE=xSikarius;41542165][url]http://www.lunarregistry.com/land/index.shtml[/url] START INVESTING[/QUOTE]

Property taxes for moon real estate, no thanks

[S31-Syntax]

[QUOTE=Pyth;41542187]Property taxes for moon real estate, no thanks[/QUOTE]

not to mention property insurance. eugh.

[DesolateGrun]

The flags on the moon have been bleached white, so technically its a blank flag for everyone