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United States 11/22/2012 12:15 PM
 Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Private Moon Race May Spark Lunar ‘Water Rush’ A private race to the moon with robotic probes may kick off a lunar “water rush” that helps humanity explore asteroids, Mars and other deep-space destinations, some scientists say. The 25 privately funded teams competing in the $30 million Google Lunar X Prize may perform vital prospecting work that will lay the foundation for large-scale exploitation of moon water, leading to cheaper and more efficientspace exploration, the idea goes. “This is like the gold rush that led to the settlement of California,” Phil Metzger, a physicist at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, said in a statement. “This is the water rush.” LINK: [ link to www.space.com] "If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."- Samuel Adams
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United States 11/22/2012 12:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Private Moon Race May Spark Lunar ‘Water Rush’ Thats a lot of real estate to be claimed up there |
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United States 11/22/2012 05:12 PM
 Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Private Moon Race May Spark Lunar ‘Water Rush’   "If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."- Samuel Adams
"...It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.." --Samuel Adams
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. --John F. Kennedy
The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission. --John F. Kennedy
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind. --John F. Kennedy
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. --Abraham Lincoln
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good. --George Washington
All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. --Albert Einstein
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. --Thomas Jefferson
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” - Albert Einstein
"The best minds are not in government. If they were, business would hire them away." -Ronald Reagan
"You cannot give away kindness because people keep returning it" -Indian Saying |
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United Kingdom 11/22/2012 05:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Private Moon Race May Spark Lunar ‘Water Rush’ Private enterprise is the only way the Moon, Mars etc. will be colonized and exploited. NASA and other multi-billion-dollar-budget black hole agencies ain't gonna do shit to get Humanity off this planet.  |