Subdeacon Joe Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 On The Moon Does the US have title to the moon? The U.S. is home to the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, but despite its name, the park lies in a remote corner of Idaho. Now, two Democratic politicians are pushing for a national park that doesn’t just resemble the moon; they want one that’s actually on it. Introducing the Apollo Lunar Landing Sites National Historic Park on the Moon, a destination that would require an oxygen tank and a 239,000-mile journey to visit, it could join Civil War battlefields and presidential estates on America’s roster of federally protected preserves. Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.), the top-ranking Democrat on the House Space Subcommittee, proposed legislation Tuesday, along with Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Tex), to establish the National Historical Park on the moon under the Apollo Lunar Landing Legacy Act. The designation would protect the site where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first touched down on the lunar surface in July 1969. “As commercial enterprises and foreign nations acquire the ability to land on the moon, it is necessary to protect the Apollo lunar landing sites for posterity,” the proposal noted. “Establishing the Historical Park under this Act will expand and enhance the protection and preservation of the Apollo lunar landing sites and provide for greater recognition and public understanding of this singular achievement in American history.”
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 Maybe we should send congress to the moon.
Noah Cash Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 here myself and thousands of others are taking a 20% pay reduction due to the sequestration and furlough. This mis-management and squandering of the federal budget and the many other problems this once great nation currently has are destroying us from the inside out, and they are spending the time worring about such crap. The so called leaders of this country are a bunch of idiots!
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 Think we need to focus on what's going on here on Earth first...figures this is brought about by liberals.... GG ~
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 Maybe it is a waste of politicians time, but in reality I'd rather see them waste time on this than on enacting more gun control, or new taxes, or more immigration reform. In fact if all our congress did was lay claim to a spot on the moon and designate it a national park, and nothing else for the next session, I suspect our country would be better off.
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 Maybe Obama will cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony.
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 here myself and thousands of others are taking a 20% pay reduction due to the sequestration and furlough. This mis-management and squandering of the federal budget and the many other problems this once great nation currently has are destroying us from the inside out, and they are spending the time worring about such crap. The so called leaders of this country are a bunch of idiots! WOW! I couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks.
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 Think we need to focus on what's going on here on Earth first...figures this is brought about by liberals.... GG ~ Makes you wonder about priorities by same. To think, they are allowed to breed. MT
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 I believe international treaties prohibit it.
Wasatch Lawman Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 Yea, I think it is at the movie set in southern Utah, where they filmed the whole event.
Dusty Balz, SASS#46599 Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 Does that "D" behind their name stand for DUMB? Just askin
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 Does that "D" behind their name stand for DUMB? Just askin Stupid is as stupid does GG
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 Maybe it is a waste of politicians time, but in reality I'd rather see them waste time on this than on enacting more gun control, or new taxes, or more immigration reform. In fact if all our congress did was lay claim to a spot on the moon and designate it a national park, and nothing else for the next session, I suspect our country would be better off. Oh no...they are working on the latest round of anti gun legislation as we type...they can multi task on stupid things....they seem to be good at it. GG
Paladin Gun For Hire Posted July 10, 2013 Posted July 10, 2013 Ok, which one of ya is gonna sign up to be the first Park Ranger?
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 11, 2013 Author Posted July 11, 2013 Maybe it is a waste of politicians time, but in reality I'd rather see them waste time on this than on enacting more gun control, or new taxes, or more immigration reform. In fact if all our congress did was lay claim to a spot on the moon and designate it a national park, and nothing else for the next session, I suspect our country would be better off. Plus One on that. Our government was set up to not do things. Most of our problems come from too many people thinking it needs to be Doing Something about everything all the time. I believe international treaties prohibit it. Heck, Bob. The Constitution doesn't stop 'em, why should a treaty be any different?
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 Our government was set up to not do things Not quite....don't mistake checks and balances for ineptness. It's designed right ....just corruption and self interests these days is the wall for nothing getting done for it's employer...the American People. Human nature's disease is progressing.... GG
Branchwater Jack SASS #88854 Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 I was hoping that this came from The Onion.
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 11, 2013 Author Posted July 11, 2013 Not quite....don't mistake checks and balances for ineptness. It's designed right ....just corruption and self interests these days is the wall for nothing getting done for it's employer...the American People. Human nature's disease is progressing.... GG How about "It was set up to only do things that everyone could agree is necessary." Congress, with one house populated through direct election and apportioned by population, and another house - The States House - with two members from each state, no matter the population, had a built in conflict. Add in often being at odds with the executive, for even more tension and conflict, and on top of that a judicial system to tell them both, "You're nucking futz! You can't do that!" and we see a system that was designed to do very little, and that little carefully spelled out in the Constitution.
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted July 11, 2013 Posted July 11, 2013 Oh no...they are working on the latest round of anti gun legislation as we type...they can multi task on stupid things....they seem to be good at it. GG as I said in the above quote: http://sassnet.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=209043 GG ~
Trailrider #896 Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 Sticking with the original thread, as to whether Congress should declare the Apollo 11 landing site a national park: In point of fact there may be some problem with establishing the site as a U.S. national monument due to the Space Treaty. It might be better to ask the spacefaring nations of the world to agree to make the site an international monument. Why now? Eventually, there WILL BE tourists on the moon. Neil Armstrong said, "We come in peace for ALL mankind." (emphasis mine) Why not establish an international monument for the first human to set foot on the Moon? At this point it will not take any funding (other than perhaps the bureaucratic paperwork). If it is not done now, before others (both nations and private individuals) reach the Moon (probably before America returns there), then who knows whether looting or desicration of the site will occur. As to who would sign up to be the Park Ranger, I would volunteer...IF they would take a decrepid (probably) 90+ year old, unless I perhaps learn to speak Chinese. (I will probably BE 90+ by the time the U.S. gets there 20+ years in the future at the rate we are going! >
Matthew Duncan Posted July 12, 2013 Posted July 12, 2013 ...At this point it will not take any funding (other than perhaps the bureaucratic paperwork). ...NO! Where have you been for the last 200 years? A little federal paper work....then a dept head...staff...new secured office building...billions of China loan$ later we will learn they a giant megaphone on the moon listening to all of our chit chat!
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