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I don't feel strongly either way, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were a hoax.

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I agree, or perhaps to see if their is any Alien life up there -- see if things could sustain life, etc.

I'm not talking about finding Mork from Ork or whatever, but finding the potential to find underground dwellings there with some sort of life, certainly is not impossible.

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The mirror is to measure the distance between the earth and the moon. The moon is gradually getting further away from earth, by about 1/4" each year.

They did land. The vast majority of us weren't around to witness it. I was 3 months old. I did see OJ flee in a Bronco and that was on TV and very real. We did go back several times, but we had all the moon sand and rocks that we ever needed. Why keep going back, no military or civil advantage to it. We already had proved to the entire world we were #1 in the space race, so "yeah!".

As far as conspiracy theories go...I think the only one (and the biggest one) was the cost to get there. There is no telling how many millons of dollars went into research, development, and execution. What ever number you've been told or read about, I'd multiply it by 50 or 100, maybe more. The reason we beat everyone to the moon is due to the fact we had the money, they didn't. Look at nuclear weapons...as soon as we exploded one, other countries had them. They're way cheaper than a moon mission. Other countries knew how to get there (through various spy rings), they just fell short of money.

BTW...it tooks some kind of big balls to load up in a crude spacecraft and head 290k miles away and think you're coming home. I'm a country boy and a realist...I'm staying grounded and close to home.

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Who wants to live like that???
http://teams.kipr.org/2006/06-0001/r...oon-colony.jpg

It's like Alaska!!!

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The way we are treating Earth, it's not going to be around forever!

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http://www.dailynewshaiku.com/ClipAr...MoonColony.jpg
I call dibs!!!:r

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I don't buy into that as much as most, Darrell. But I do believe we will eventually overpopulate the earth and will have to expand somewhere. The moon and Mars are the most viable options right now.

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Should be right up this thread's alley.

http://www.am1500.com/categoryfolder...S1065825.shtml

I ain't got time to bleed.

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"The Body" is the man!

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"There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark."

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I agree, Andy and I'm not talking about tomorrow or next year that Earth's population has to ride out -- I'm figuring within the next 5 centuries though. :2

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Not enough gravity on the Moon to hold water or any kind of air. There is a thin wisp of argon. There is no reason to want to live on the Moon as everything needs to be imported.

Now Mars is another matter. You could probably set up a self sufficient base on Mars.

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I just read in Scientific American yesterday that it costs $10,000 per pound to send stuff into space. So let's see....300 (I'm being generous) x 10,000...carry the three....round to the significant figures.....

$3,000,000

We can take donations and we could pry do this.:r

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There is a dark side of the moon. I listened to it.;)
I agree.

:2

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I would definitely do that if given the opportunity. Unfortunately there's probably not much demand for professional writers in that field.

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As far as living on the moon..not at all viable. Who the hell wants to live there? An overcrowded Earth is way more tantilizing than that. Overcrowding will handle itself. Much like over-abundances of mice or locust when the food is in surplus. When we can no longer feed everyone, we stop growing. Also, war, famine, disease, and natural disasters will thin the herd. The strongest go on to repopulate. We are Earthlings, designed and adapted to live here and only here. The Moon or Mars will never work.

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There wasn't HD back then and have you seen the price of gas lately???:r

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Mythbusters rules. I don't always agree with some of their methods, but they got this one nailed.

How anyone can think it was a hoax now is just a riot.

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Now THERE'S a hoax for you! :D

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Darrell's new smiley!!!:tf

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While I agree with the population control methods you stated, I have to disagree with the possibility of living places other than Earth. The space station has shown humans can survive away from Earth. Getting the supplies to another location and setting up living quarters large enough to support a decent size population would be astronomically expensive (pun intended).

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Would it help costs if we ate the elderly.

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Jonathan Swift?

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:tf

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The human body is made to adapt. Give it some time, and man can adapt to low gravity as well. Just make sure everyone drinks their milk.:D

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It's all a hoax. A hoax, I tell you!!!

:tf

:D

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It's evolution....or something like that....it's all speculative until someone actually gets sent. Hypotheses that are not tested are little more than opinions, and we know that goes something like this :pn

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Im pretty sure the Earth will still be here long after we've made it unhinabitalbe for humans.

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Moe watched Wall-E, I see.:D

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Just for the record, I had nothing to do with the lunar landings.

Glad to clear up any confusion.

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:tu

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MISINFORMATION!!!! :tf

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We were there... With pictures from a recent pass of our lunar orbiter. Much better photo's will be taking during the mapping passes that will be taken in the near future.

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/07...ng-sites-w00t/