{"id":5092,"date":"2003-11-03T12:51:05","date_gmt":"2003-11-03T19:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2003-11-03T12:51:05","modified_gmt":"2003-11-03T19:51:05","slug":"fly_me_to_the_m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/11\/03\/fly_me_to_the_m.html","title":{"rendered":"Fly me to the moon …"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is the US considering <\/a>once again a moon program<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Hmmm.<\/p>\n

Well, I can just imagine the furor it would set off if it did happen. <\/p>\n

Can we afford such a thing? Can we afford not to, either for what it might to do for the human spirit, or in the face of a new Chinese space program?<\/p>\n

Would such an attempt be a mere search for popularity and distraction by the Bush Administration? (I can name a dozen people who would say yes.) Would that make it necessarily a bad thing?<\/p>\n

At any rate, I agree with Reynolds on the following:<\/p>\n

What\u2019s most important is that whatever we do be sustainable<\/b>, not just another flags-and-footprints mission to say we\u2019ve done it. Long-term, that means getting private enterprise involved, and making sure that people can make money. Taxpayers get tired of spending money. Businesspeople never get tired of making it.<\/p>\n

Shades of D.D. Harriman.<\/p>\n

Of course, then we can get into debates about “corporate greed ruining space” …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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