{"id":4763,"date":"2004-01-09T10:54:57","date_gmt":"2004-01-09T17:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=4763"},"modified":"2004-01-09T10:54:57","modified_gmt":"2004-01-09T17:54:57","slug":"above_and_beyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/01\/09\/above_and_beyon.html","title":{"rendered":"Above and beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s looking more and more likely that Bush will call for a new US policy on space travel, including the establishment of a permanent Moon Base<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The cynic in me says it’s all hype. Election year stunting. Posturing to the Chinese and the EU. Spending money we don’t have to spend. A useless gesture that, even if it succeeds, will get us someplace we don’t need to go, for no reason other than being there, and courting disaster the entire way.<\/p>\n

The dreamer, the kid, the sf addict, the optimist says, “I am so <\/i>there.”<\/p>\n

I just hope that there’s room for some private enterprise efforts in this endeavor — some private investment, some approaches encouraged by the Administration beyond a monolithic NASA\/DoD bureaucracy. <\/p>\n

But a moon base? Yeah. I can dig it. I hope it happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s looking more and more likely that Bush will call for a new US policy on space travel, including the establishment of a permanent Moon Base. 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