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2020 Democratic Party platform endorses Trump's NASA moon program
Lunar development objectives Extract the rare helium-3 isotope, which is almost totally absent on Earth. The Moon’s resources of this element could supply humanity with energy for thousands of years. Create a “reserve planet” and a repository of human culture. This could come in handy in the event of a global catastrophe on Earth. Build a training base for testing flights and rocket launches into deep space, including to Mars.
In addition, the Institute of Biomedical Problems under the Russian Academy of Sciences, together with NASA and experts from Russia, Germany, France, Italy, and other countries, is conducting the SIRIUS (Scientific International Research in Unique Terrestrial Station) isolation experiment. Over a period of five years, a crew of six will carry out a series of isolation experiments lasting four, eight, and twelve months. Humanity’s return to the Moon is now only a matter of time. Do-or-die battles for supremacy are a thing of the past. Ahead lie all kinds of discoveries. The future is waiting to be made.
originally posted by: Freeborn
Maybe its me being stupid - a distinct possibility - but could someone please explain to me where the big problem with this is if it is indeed feasible?
originally posted by: Waterglass
Say what you say? Back in the day around 12 years ago on ATS many threads were written about the Helium 3 Isotope. So go read them.
Also, look how the Dems feel about Trump going back to the Moon:
2020 Democratic Party platform endorses Trump's NASA moon program
So big Joe needs to show that he along with the entire Democrat party is not owned by big oil. Oh that pesky Ukraine thing is hanging around but big Joe can score some points with the American people if he talks about Helium 3 Isotope and mining it from the Moon. We need to put the Green New deal back on the shelf. We can also morph away from fossil fuel without making people suffer. Here on earth we can extract CO2 free energy from Hydrogen as in H20 and on the Moon is this gift. I mean look at what the Russians have written on their official government web site. Read on:
Tass
Here's what the Russians have posted on their web site:
Lunar development objectives Extract the rare helium-3 isotope, which is almost totally absent on Earth. The Moon’s resources of this element could supply humanity with energy for thousands of years. Create a “reserve planet” and a repository of human culture. This could come in handy in the event of a global catastrophe on Earth. Build a training base for testing flights and rocket launches into deep space, including to Mars.
And this:
In addition, the Institute of Biomedical Problems under the Russian Academy of Sciences, together with NASA and experts from Russia, Germany, France, Italy, and other countries, is conducting the SIRIUS (Scientific International Research in Unique Terrestrial Station) isolation experiment. Over a period of five years, a crew of six will carry out a series of isolation experiments lasting four, eight, and twelve months. Humanity’s return to the Moon is now only a matter of time. Do-or-die battles for supremacy are a thing of the past. Ahead lie all kinds of discoveries. The future is waiting to be made.
So big Joe, say it ain't so and don't be a Pony Soldier for Nancy, Barack or Exxon Mobil. We need you to awaken the huddled masses.
PS: For those of you whom cant get the link to work because of Big Brother Google or USA INTEL. Cut and paste this link into TOR or DuckDuckGo
luna-2.tass.com.../#moon-race
However, in the Cold War climate of the day, it was no easy task to convince the world that the Soviet apparatus had actually reached the Moon. The problem had been debated long before Luna 2 was even launched. In 1957, physicist Yakov Zeldovich even suggested using an atomic bomb, the idea being that an explosion of such force on the lunar surface would be picked up by all the world’s major observatories. Thankfully, the plan was rejected.
Astrophysicist Iosef Shklovsky’s solution was to turn the probe into an “artificial comet.” Accordingly, it was proposed that at a distance of more than 100,000 km from Earth the rocket would release a cloud of sodium vapor able to be seen by the naked eye for some time. This technology was ultimately deployed in Luna 1 and Luna 2.
Soviet mission control decided to inform Professor Bernard Lovell, director of Jodrell Bank Observatory in the UK, of the successful launch. The observatory registered the lunar impact and passed the information to colleagues at NASA, who subsequently confirmed the Soviets’ cosmonautic triumph.