Bill In U.S. House Plans Manned Mars Mission 399
maddogsparky writes "Spaceref.com has a copy of a bill laying out a roadmap for NASA to send a manned mission to Mars by 2022. Highlights include an manned asteroid landing, building a research outpost on one of Mars' moons and actually providing funds to start mission planning."
Shotgun (Score:4, Funny)
10 Bucks... (Score:1, Funny)
uh oh... (Score:1, Funny)
If we donate money.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Twenty years away?! (Score:4, Funny)
And in other news, the president announced today that members of Al Qaeda have been spotted on Mars. "We're going to find them and smoke them out of their canals," the president said.
how much? (Score:2, Funny)
We need Reagan back! (Score:2, Funny)
Then we could collect the whole fucking set:
* The "Star Wars" laser defence system
* A space-station on Mars
* Maybe a fleet of "nuclear class" space ships
Sometimes creativity is also a by-product of degenerative brain disease. How often we overlook that.
:)
If men are from Mars... (Score:3, Funny)
Bah! It'll Never Happen (Score:3, Funny)
Not enough votes on Mars.
No farmers, no steelworkers, no Cuban immigrants, no nothin'. It ain't a key "swing planet", it has no electoral votes, no representation, no key industries, and it isn't even a decent vacation spot.
What we need is a lobby. First make land grants on Mars. Slip it in as a rider on some military spending bill. Then, we can start complaining about how transportation is lousy there; maybe divert some funds from Amtrak, grease a few palms here and there. The first rocket needs to be loaded with representatives for welfare mothers, schoolchildren, teachers, steelworkers, farmers, union members, and other key constituency groups who know how to lobby. The scientists can come later.
If the rocket makes it we'll get one helluva Mars lobby. If it blows up, that'll be fine too. It's a win-win situation.
Hey, don't blame me. You were the ones who brought Congress into the picture.
Re:Shotgun (Score:3, Funny)
You can't call shotgun if you haven't seen the vehicle. I call Gaper on you, nullifying your shotgun call.