It sucks to live in Florida, and hate NASA, but I do. 147 billion dollars, for what? Floating around. Well, there was that one major discovery they made...........oh, yeah, there wasn't. In my opinion, the whole program is and has always been a diversionary tactic. Keep looking at the sky, not around your neighborhood. The space shuttle is an intergalactic Uhaul truck, ready to break our lease on Earth, and move us in the middle of the night to some other planetary apartment that we can trash. 147 billion dollars. I don't believe we will ever do anything worth while with that shuttle, and furthermore, I don't believe we EVER went to the damned moon. People think I am crazy for saying that, but I think the joke is on them. My usual argument is based on the fact that in 69, a walkie-talkie weighed 10 pounds. 10 pounds? These guys went up there, landed, played some golf, did some donuts in a farging DUNE BUGGY, then jumped back in the capsule like it was a Chevy Monte Carlo, and returned safely to Earth. All the while, NEVER missing one communication with "Houston". I cant make a cell phone call in 2008 and fully expect the call not to drop. Don't be a sucker for this crap story. The lunar rover (aka dune buggy) was the size of a Buick Riviera. I don't care about all the people who demand an explanation for why they cant see the foot prints on the moon with a telescope. I just want to know where, in that tiny capsule (I have seen it at the Smithsonian) they stored that dune buggy? I know why they did what they did, and why they said what they said- to keep the Russians in check. But it has been like 40 years, so damn, let these people off the hook already. Today is the 50th anniversary of NASA. Happy Birthday NASA, you ol' bullshitter you.
