How To Beat Congress's Ban Of Humans On Mars 447
An anonymous reader writes "Earlier this year, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban humans on Mars at NASA: "Provided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be used for any research, development, or demonstration activities related exclusively to the human exploration of Mars." The bill is held up in Congress and the anti-Mars language may be taken out. But in case the Mars ban becomes law, the Space Review has a handy guide on how NASA can beat the ban and continue its research and development without breaking the law."
Congress? (Score:5, Funny)
Martian cops patrolling for renegade humans? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Why? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Congress? (Score:4, Funny)
Did you really mean that? I read it as:
Congress did not "ban humans on Mars". They stopped NASA's funding for a human mission to Mars and told it to concentrate on other things. Other nations, or private citizens of the US if I understand correctly, they are free to shoot at.
hmmmmmm
Re:Hmm.... (Score:3, Funny)
What is Mars trying to hide?
Santa Claus [imdb.com], you dope.
Easy! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Congress? (Score:5, Funny)
HAL (via monolith) says no! (Score:2, Funny)
NASA geeks need a how-to guide at last? (Score:2, Funny)
Just go lobby the Congress into believing that the arid, Afghanistan-looking planet is a socialist state that painted itself all red, supplies illegal immigrants [arachnoid.com] and exports products that could cause severe health problems [wikipedia.org]. You don't even need to suggest it is in development of nuclear weaponry, once Mars gets the attention, any journalist looking for quick fame will release a "breaking news" that our spy satellites [nasa.gov] have found bomb testing sites [msss.com]. Not to mention the famous "they'll follow us home" scenario study [google.com] with countless versions of simulations [imdb.com] that can be slipped into the appendix section.
Then in no time you will see some 250,000 men [wikipedia.org] up on the planet automatically without NASA having to spend/ask for a dime.
Re:Congress? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Congress? (Score:5, Funny)
Only sissies call it "parliament." Its proper reference is "freedom council of freedom and liberty justice."
America. FUCK YEAH.