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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,104800,00.html

They want to restart the US missions to the moon, and hopefully establish a permanant pressence there...

WOOOT!!!!!!!!

About darn time I say.

Go go Moon Colonies !!!!!!!!!!

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SW:TOR - Mantison Gunslinger, Ironmant Trooper, Manni Jedi Knight
WoW - Dalaran - Manni 85 Mage, Ironmant 83 Warrior, Mantison 80 Hunter
SWG - Chilastra Retired Mantison, Commando / TKA Master aka Trogdor !!!!

I don't know exactly why this is being called "new news" and why it's taking a presidential statement to get it going. This mission of establishing a moon base has been slated for 2006 since early in the Clinton administration if I remember right. It's great that they're moving forward with it, but it's really nothing new. I try to keep up with the NASA website every once in a while. They've got some really ambitious stuff slated for the next 10 years.

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

Can you say, "Lunar Disney?"

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Romsuiag (Brad)
Former and Third President of Avian

Dibs on being Moon Goofy

I hope the US doesn't try and take it over.

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- Wiegraf Terrik
SWG: Human Commando/Pistoleer
WoW: Dwarvish Rogue (Herbalism/Alchemy)
EQII: Alazin, High Elf Wizard

Former Section 4 Director

"Please, if anyone were to play Obi-Wan it would be me, with the 'Luke, Luke save me' and the lightsabers going 'Vvvwiinnngg, vvwinggg, vvvWING!' -- Professor Frink

There is a signed treaty from the 60's when we first landed on the moon that no nation can claim the moon for itself. It is international territory.

Course, that doesn't we can't plant a big ass LASER on the moon and say "No trespassing" and shoot incoming ships down with said laser, but there is a treaty, hehehe....

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SW:TOR - Mantison Gunslinger, Ironmant Trooper, Manni Jedi Knight
WoW - Dalaran - Manni 85 Mage, Ironmant 83 Warrior, Mantison 80 Hunter
SWG - Chilastra Retired Mantison, Commando / TKA Master aka Trogdor !!!!

Yea..but you know how us americans like old treaties...the minute we can setup a colony, that treaty will be so much shredded paper

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Ryric Krael
Former Vice President AGN
Former Director, Section 6
Former Head of Department of the Treasury
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"Gone Section Five"

Funny. This is why I joined the Air Force... when I started, the plan was for it to break off into a "Space Force" and an "Air Force". I wanted to be poised to be a big wig on the Space Force side of things.

Now, they're actually going to try to do it... maybe I should stay in. I love Republican Presidents.

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--The Hermit

I'm sure Mickey Mouse would love it there, the moon being made out of cheese and all.

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Clearly there is a rabbit on the moon making mochi. You guys and your occicentric worldviews.

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With this Pres it would probably say something more like, "Don't mess with Texas"

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Romsuiag (Brad)
Former and Third President of Avian

Mantison, first you want us all to move to Talus.

Fine, we all move and establish a presence there.

Just now that we have settled in, you suddenly start spouting about the moon!
Can we just for once stay where we are instead of you inciting us for more and more distant schemes.

Edward/Rak Hagga
votes no for Avian City on the moon

ROFL Ed!

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"Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides." - Thomas Paine, Common Sense

Nice one Ed, very nice....

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SW:TOR - Mantison Gunslinger, Ironmant Trooper, Manni Jedi Knight
WoW - Dalaran - Manni 85 Mage, Ironmant 83 Warrior, Mantison 80 Hunter
SWG - Chilastra Retired Mantison, Commando / TKA Master aka Trogdor !!!!

LOL Edward

But, isn't Talus a moon?

Perhaps Mantison is starting to blur the lines between virtual reality and reality . Let's just hope the first colony isn't built by the SOE devs . (Sorry, it really wasn't their fault. I think its the guys who decided that each team would program in a vaccuum without a team in charge of integrationg the product together)

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Dalaran: Arindel - Frost Mage (Mining/Alchemy)
Dalaran: Roran - Paladin (Weaponsmith/Blacksmith)
Dalaran: Baine - Rogue

No, it's a double planet with Tralus.

Rori is a moon, as are Endor and Yavin IV, but Talus is a full-fledged planet.

Edward/Rak Hagga

Oh..okay

Aeric vo-Telon Back in the armosmith business
and hoping that ME doesn't bring up these topics with dates. But if he does, and she's fascinated by the topic and cute enough...don't let her go.

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Dalaran: Arindel - Frost Mage (Mining/Alchemy)
Dalaran: Roran - Paladin (Weaponsmith/Blacksmith)
Dalaran: Baine - Rogue

We can see some of Aeric's priorities here. Games first, cuteness later.

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Retired Weaponsmith

On the contrary. I married a very attractive woman, but with zero geek in her. While it has its benefits, I find that being able to watch more movies/television together and having the same type of gaming interests would be a wonderful thing (even if expensive).

It's too late for me, but I like to help where I can. And I did say cute enough. .

is this getting off topic? oh yeah, its the general forum...we can thread-nap all we want.

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Dalaran: Arindel - Frost Mage (Mining/Alchemy)
Dalaran: Roran - Paladin (Weaponsmith/Blacksmith)
Dalaran: Baine - Rogue

Too late for that, I already made my pick (or rather she did).

And I did get her to roleplaying and watching Star Wars with me eventually... and occasionally playing a computer game, but with two kids playtime is severely limited now... at least for her.

Edward/Rak Hagga
back to the moon now!

Well BigYak, stick with it because in a couple of years, I'll be working towards the Airforce/becoming an Astronaut.

I dated a girl who's going through Astronaut training...

It was weird dating someone who beat my SAT scores, was smarter than me, got better grades, and could beat me up. Usually I'm #1 in all of those categories. Of course, I dumped her as soon as possible.

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