White House dampens Moon, Mars talk

[truthisfreedom]

yes, mods, i realize this subject has been brought up, but this story is a contradiction of the earlier one, and warrants its own thread. 8^)

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,8073991%255E29098,00.html

White House dampens Moon, Mars talk
From AFP
December 05, 2003


White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Thursday it was premature to second-guess US objectives in outer space amid media reports that President George W. Bush wants to renew travel to the Moon.

McClellan also said there are no plans for any immediate announcements after journalists asked if the president was due to unveil a new initiative backing space travel to Mars.

"I think as long as this review is underway, it would be premature to get into any speculation about our space policy that has been and continues to be under review," McClellan said.

Asked if Bush plans to make an announcement about US aims in space on the 100th commemoration of the first powered flight in North Carolina on December 17, 1903, by the Wright brothers, McClellan replied: "I don't announce events this far in advance."

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[aquart]

1. Someone told them how much it will cost?

[opihimoimoi]

2. More than likely it was revealed that the courage Bush was hoping

to find there... is not.

Sorry, no Courage here, move on, get over it.

[snippy]

6. More likely someone told Bush he wouldn't get to wear a spacesuit.

[mrbill]

3. arnold's been to mars.......

put him in charge of the program.

[rustydog]

4. But this is typical Bush

To boldly go where Democrats went first!
Hmmmm...Didn't Kennedy begin the race to the Moon and Johnson finished it?
Talk about "back to the future" this Administration is SNAFU 24/7.

[ithacan]

5. no need to second guess, it's very clear. See this website:

for the openly stated US military objectives: Dominating outer space and denying it to any other country:

Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
http://www.space4peace.org/

[bmbmd]

7. The president announced that he had volunteered

for the first manned mission to the Sun. When reporters pointed out that the sun was much too hot for a manned vist, the president replied "No worries-I'm going at night."

[Jackpine Radical]

8. Well, Rove thought it would be a good idea to stage

another Moon landing-but after he checked around and found out that the first one had actually happened on the moon instead of having been filmed in Nevada like he had always thought, he decided to cancel the whole idea.