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we are headed back to the moon – An aerospace job creation program. The moon is too close to Washington for me. Mars is the real MIC goal. Why add a stop on a more forbidding rock?

Meanwhile, another looming orb – the red one – should become a serious focus of U.S. attention. – Great idea for Musks and Bransons of the world. Not the Military/Industrial/Congressional/Bankster Complex.

Keep government out. Getting as far away from Washington as possible should be the motivating factor.

this mission is unifying – for all Americans and for all humankind. – Excuse me while I wretch. Space militarization https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/space-force-trump-legal-military-role-satellites-science/
In a speech at the Pentagon on Thursday, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announced more details for a Space Force: a proposed sixth branch of the U.S. military that would focus on all matters off-world, from procuring military satellites to defending U.S. spacecraft in orbit from attacks.

We also “Came in Peace for all Mankind.” – Pure BS – Remember Yuri Gagarin? The goal was to beat Russia.

https://www.greenwichtime.com/opinion/article/Buzz-Aldrin-It-s-time-to-focus-on-the-great-13811434.php

Buzz Aldrin

Last month, Vice President Mike Pence announced that we are headed back to the moon. I am with him, in spirit and aspiration. Having been there, I can say it is high time we returned. When Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and I went to the moon 50 years ago this July, we did so with a mission. Apollo 11 aimed to prove America’s can-do commitment to space exploration, as well as its national security and technological superiority. We did all that. We also “Came in Peace for all Mankind.” More of that is needed now.

Today, many nations have eyes for the moon, from China and Russia to friends in Europe and Middle East. That is all good. The United States should cooperate – and offer itself as a willing team leader – in exploring every aspect of the moon, from its geology and topography to its hydrology and cosmic history. In doing so, we can take “low-Earth orbit” cooperation to the moon, openly, eagerly and collegially.

Meanwhile, another looming orb – the red one – should become a serious focus of U.S. attention. Mars is waiting to be discovered, not by clever robots and rovers – though I support NASA’s unmanned missions – but by living, breathing, walking, talking, caring and daring men and women.

To make that happen, members of Congress, the Trump administration and the American public must care enough to make human exploration missions to Mars a national priority. To be clear, I do not mean spending billions of taxpayer dollars on a few hijinks or joy rides, allowing those who return to write books, tweet photos and talk of the novelty. I mean something very different.

The United States’ eyes – and our unified commitment – should focus on opening the door, in our time, to the great migration of humankind to Mars. Books aplenty have been written about how to do this, and they have inspired government and non-government leaders to make lofty plans. But plans without a detailed architecture, and without that “next step” into the future, are just fantasy.

Americans are good at writing fantasy, and incomparable at making the fantastic a reality. We did it with Mercury, Gemini, Apollo – and in thousands of other ways. It is time we get down to blueprints, architecture and implementation, and to take that next step – a sustainable international return to the moon, directly charting a pathway to Mars…

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Go To Mars…I Guess.