December 5th, 2006
There’s no question what the Big Story of the Day is: NASA’s announcement that we will be returning to the Moon to set up a base on its polar cap. Now even for science buffs like myself, there are many unanswered questions. For instance, why the polar cap? Won’t it be freezing up there?
Secondly, is NASA really ready to return to the Moon? After all, its last venture there ended in tragedy. You’ve blocked it from your memory, haven’t you? It was 1980 and the Americans and the Soviets launched a joint lunar mission to collect rocks and soil samples when suddenly two men and a woman were seen flying around in black plastic outfits (it may have been vinyl). One by one, the astronauts were killed and the three suspects continued on to Houston, Texas.
I really hope that doesn’t happen again.
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