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   NoFearPup said, 4 months ago

   Actually, we could - but there is no long term reason for it. Unless we open up space to commercialization. Government can’t afford it and if we don’t approach space exploration on a international basis we’ll probably be in trouble in the long run. Helium 3, anyone? Or maybe they can offer to freeze the heads of dead liberals and store them in underground vaults on the moon? Just thinking…

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   Sandor_at_the_Zoo said, 4 months ago

   The most sensible statement that begins with “We can put a man on the moon, but…”

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   dtroutma said, 4 months ago

   or make a disssent martoooni.

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   Anthony 2816 said, 4 months ago

   I’m confused here…is this toon saying that McCoy thinks we should go back to the moon?

   If so, it would be one of the first pro-science toons I’ve seen from him.

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   5639 said, 4 months ago

   The Van Allen radiation belts prevented man from landing on the moon in 1969 and prevents man from landing on the moon in 2009.

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   Gladius said, 4 months ago

   Gotta love the nimrods that believe the science that explained Van Allen belts but not the science that explained why the astronauts got through.

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   dtroutma said, 4 months ago

   Gladius, they’re the same folks that think “Dumbo” is a documentary on elephant flight.

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   Anthony 2816 said, 4 months ago

   5639:

   (1) How long do you have to stay within the Van Allen belts to sustain significant damage?

   (2) How long did it take the astronauts to pass through them?

   Apparently #2 is way less than #1, which you could have easily discovered through the use of Google.

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   fritzoid said, 4 months ago

   It’s not the Van Allen belts that get you, it’s them Cosmic Rays! How come Armstrong and the others didn’t come back with superpowers, huh? Ipso facto, they COULDN’T have gone into space!

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    nomad2112 said, 4 months ago

    fritzoid - what makes you think they DIDN’T come back with super powers? Huh?

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    Anthony 2816 said, 4 months ago

    No super powers? Didn’t you see how far Alan Shepard hit a golf ball on the moon?

    Let’s see you hit one “miles and miles and miles”!

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    fritzoid said, 4 months ago

    OK, you’ve convinced me. The massive cover-up isn’t to hide that we NEVER landed on the moon, it’s to hide the top-secret program to send armies of men to the moon to create an elite force of super-powered old men! The gummint keeps them under wraps, but sends them out every time the monstrous, emerald-hued Incredible Oppenheimer goes on a rampage in the Southwest.

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    Anthony 2816 said, 4 months ago

    If the Little Green Men ever plan an assault, we’ll send on army of astronauts to pelt ‘em with golf balls!

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    person918 said, 4 months ago

    amusing comments on this one, far more entertaining than the usual yelling

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    Corosive Frog said, 4 months ago

    Why would we put somebody on the moon again6 Don’t we have anything better to do?

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    Right_On said, 4 months ago

    I think Buzz Aldrin was hit with a few cosmic rays. Now he hangs out with Snoop Dog and makes rap songs.

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    churchillwasright said, 4 months ago

    Didn’t you know Buzz Aldrin did INDEED turn into Superman? Here he is punching out some evil doer:

    http://tinyurl.com/5mc3m2

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    Anthony 2816 said, 4 months ago

    “I think Buzz Aldrin was hit with a few cosmic rays. Now he hangs out with Snoop Dog and makes rap songs.”

    No, come on. Joke, right?

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    churchillwasright said, 4 months ago

    No one watched my Buzz Adrin video? It’s only a few seconds long, and I PROMISE you won’t be disappointed.

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    Anthony 2816 said, 4 months ago

    I did. Good for him!