[Closed] The Moon. Why left alone? Or has it?

Well if NK have got nukes, then its time to build a mega laser on the moon - obvious really.

No need. There's a reflector on the moon, just shoot mega laser at it and bounce it back to NK.

There's only one use for the moon and that's blackjack and hookers.

Trump may have said that but he's made no financial promises. Similarly, in recent years, NASA's focus has been getting to Mars: Now they need to change their focus again to the Moon. Poor ole NASA won't know what's what.

mikey74 - Member
...Now they need to change their focus again to the Moon. Poor ole NASA won't know what's what.

Can't tell Mars from Uranus?

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Isn't he suggesting that going to the moon could be a stepping stone for getting to Mars? Is this an actual stepping stone with a lunar launch base because it takes a lot less energy to launch from the low G Moon than it does Earth or is he just a F***wit?*

*That's a rhetorical question - it really doesn't need answering.

Well, if he says so...
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[b][i]Donald Trump, Keeper of Promises, the First of His Name, the Blond, President of the United States of America, Breaker of ISIS, and God Emperor of Mankind.[/i][/b]

Meh. [url= https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/12/with-bowie-playing-on-the-radio-elon-musk-plans-to-launch-his-tesla-to-mars/ ]Musk is going to put a sportscar in orbit around Mars, just because he can[/url]

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Trump's only interested in the Moon because he heard they played golf there.

I get the feeling it is purely political, like the original "space race" was USA and Russia playing a willy-waving game, you get the feeling that Trump wants something that will improve his popularity with his patriot mates and leave a stamp on his term as president.

He could do just that by stating he’s going to Build a Wall, and make them pay for it..

There is some proper daft talk in this thread.

There are no Nazi's on the moon, the aliens probably killed them all - and then warned NASA off.

Here this will help - and don't reply with your jpg artefact evidence;

Ironically, for someone obsessed with the advancement of fossil-fuel friendly legislation, the surface of the moon could well be a very important source of Helium 3, a potential fuel for fusion reactors.

Whoever gets there first and develops the technology to Helium 3 in industrial quantities holds the key to making a fortune in the latter half of the century and beyond.

Whoever gets there first and develops the technology to Helium 3 in industrial quantities holds the key to making a fortune in the latter half of the century and beyond.

I for one will welcome our new cheese-eating, nazi-killing overlords.

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You can just imagine a Trump tweet.

'China steals our Helium 3 from the moon.Sad'
😉

To be honest I'm more surprised that Trump isn't a flat earther.

GrahamS - Member
To be honest I'm more surprised that Trump isn't a flat earther.

Don’t think he has the capacity to see that far.

There are no Nazi's on the moon