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Vice President tells NASA to get to the Moon in 5 years.

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1 minute ago, Captainant said:

Hah thermal tiles are washing up on the beach in Turks and Caicos

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That is worth tree fiddy on ebay.

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1 hour ago, Captainant said:

Hah thermal tiles are washing up on the beach in Turks and Caicos

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Elon Musk - intergalactic litterbug

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4 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

That is worth tree fiddy on ebay.

$350. Or $3,500.  You know some Musk fanboi will pony up for it.

Shit. Everybody needs to be looking for stuff in their garage that even remotely resembles hardware that could be on a rocket, that  they can sell on eBay.

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I can't imagine going on a soviet-style purge will be helpful to the mission of making it to the Moon and Mars.

"There will be no adverse consequences for tomorrow reporting this information. However, failure to report this information within 10 days may result in adverse consequences"

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1 minute ago, Captainant said:

I can't imagine going on a soviet-style purge will be helpful to the mission of making it to the Moon and Mars.

He only talked about Mars, so I’m guessing the Lunar missions have been scrapped in favor of whatever Musk whispered in his ear.

11 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

The Chinese will own the moon

They already own half our economy.

11 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

The Chinese will own the moon

And....any guesses at who will sell it to them, for cold-hard cash/bitcoin/purchases of his memecoin?

11 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

The Chinese will own the moon

They are notorious cheese mongers

14 hours ago, Captainant said:

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I can't imagine going on a soviet-style purge will be helpful to the mission of making it to the Moon and Mars.

"There will be no adverse consequences for tomorrow reporting this information. However, failure to report this information within 10 days may result in adverse consequences"

NASA’s memos are now using Hans Landa as a template. Just super.

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Now, my job dictates that I must have my men enter your home and conduct a thorough search before I can officially cross your family's name off my list, and if there are any irregularities to be found, rest assured they will be — that is, unless you have something to tell me that makes the conducting of a search unnecessary. I might add, also, that any information that makes the performance of my duties easier will not be met with punishment. Actually, quite the contrary, it will be met with reward, and that reward will be your family will cease to be harassed in any way by the German military during the rest of our occupation of your country.

 

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15 hours ago, Captainant said:

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I can't imagine going on a soviet-style purge will be helpful to the mission of making it to the Moon and Mars.

"There will be no adverse consequences for tomorrow reporting this information. However, failure to report this information within 10 days may result in adverse consequences"

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From what I am hearing, statements like this - if not this exact statement - are being distributed in all Federal agencies.

That letter reads like it was written by someone who failed hard at parenting multiple children.   And, oh yeah, a fucking communist. 

On 1/22/2025 at 7:55 PM, Captainant said:

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I can't imagine going on a soviet-style purge will be helpful to the mission of making it to the Moon and Mars.

"There will be no adverse consequences for tomorrow reporting this information. However, failure to report this information within 10 days may result in adverse consequences"

 

If I had to put my name on a memo like that, I'd tell my boss to go fuck themselves. 

 

 

On 1/22/2025 at 11:18 PM, NeverMarryAStripper said:

The Chinese will own the moon

 

and the green economy, and Taiwan, and auto manufacturing, and AI, and and and 

 

 

On 1/23/2025 at 2:00 PM, Samson's Wig said:

That letter reads like it was written by someone who failed hard at parenting multiple children.   

 

DoTARd?

 

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We’re never going to the moon again, are we 

9 minutes ago, B00M said:

We’re never going to the moon again, are we 

Moon is lame, it’s all about mars!

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7 minutes ago, bluto said:

Moon is lame, it’s all about mars pumping taxpayer money into SpaceX

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On 1/23/2025 at 10:44 AM, Brisketexan said:

And....any guesses at who will sell it to them, for cold-hard cash/bitcoin/purchases of his memecoin?

Naw, we will sell it to them for NFTs... of the moon...

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Well it's a good thing SpaceX is doing so great at blowing up rockets while we're slashing NASA's budget, along with the National Science Foundation and National Institute of Health

 

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Seems like a bad time to be in the rocket engine testing business. A SRB nozzle for the Artemis program went kablooey during a static test fire on the range. Just happend yesterday, so no analysis on what went wrong yet

 

2 hours ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

applause?  could those dopes not tell it exploded?

buncha christa mcaulliffs

 

 

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If the Real World/Road Rules guy can’t us back to the moon, maybe we just weren’t meant to go back. 

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15 hours ago, Ted Lange said:


If the Real World/Road Rules guy can’t us back to the moon, maybe we just weren’t meant to go back. 

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Who’s familiar with Cape Canaveral launch viewing spots?

@RamjetFDO?

is this (Gantry at LC-39) worth it?

https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/event/spacex-falcon-9-o3b-mpower-d/

 

gonna be in the area Monday. Never been or seen a rocket launch.

considering taking the family, but looks like this spot requires KSC admission and the transportation ticket means it’ll be over $700 for our family of 4 :/

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12 hours ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

 

The important thing about building a nuclear reactor on the Moon is that Trump is in the Epstein files.

13 hours ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

 

Hmm.. I see one minor issue that may arrise with a nuclear reactor on the moon. 

The Nuclear Energy Institute estimates that one nuclear reactor requires between 1,514L and 2,725L litres of water per MWh. It equates to billions of gallons of water per year, and all this water requires filtering somehow.

Link from water conservation advocate

^Would the physics of space and near absolute zero temps change that water requirement?  

(I'm genuinely curious, I wonder how that stuff would work in space).

36 minutes ago, miguelito said:

^Would the physics of space and near absolute zero temps change that water requirement?  

(I'm genuinely curious, I wonder how that stuff would work in space).

Yes.  The heat would probably just get radiated into space.

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