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Originally posted by Cyprex
Originally posted by tezzajw
Any attempt at launching the private rocket will be stopped, with force, if necessary.
What if you launch from another country. Say Mexico, they could use a space program. It would bring great pride to their people.
Originally posted by Donoso
I'd simply "borrow" it too, wouldn't you? I mean, you're a notable gaming rig company and you've been out fooling a bunch of "lunatics" over at ATS and other boards. I wouldn't want to be the one that says: "Yeah, we planned the whole thing" now would you?
Hah.
Originally posted by tezzajw
In my opinion the upper atmosphere is controlled by the USA/secret government and they want it to remain that way.
Could you be more precise, saying what the temperatures are on Moon?
Originally posted by johnlear
Many have made the same mistake as you because they are assuming no.1 that you know what the actual temperatures are
Originally posted by Aelita
It can't be just the US secret govt, it would take a consortrium of industrialized nations (all of whom have access to "upper atmosphere") to do that. Now, if there were a conspiracy THAT VAST, encompassing the globe and controlling billions of its citizens...
Originally posted by tezzajw
Originally posted by Aelita
It can't be just the US secret govt, it would take a consortrium of industrialized nations (all of whom have access to "upper atmosphere") to do that. Now, if there were a conspiracy THAT VAST, encompassing the globe and controlling billions of its citizens...
How vast does the conspiracy really need to be?
Go on, count the number of space faring nations we know about. Do you need to go beyond ten? I don't think that it is unrealistic for a handful of nations to agree to control the upper atmosphere and beyond.
In my opinion, no privately funded rocket will ever reach the moon to validate the claims that there is/not an atmosphere/cities/structures there.
Originally posted by mirageofdeceit
Interesting comment. There was a guy in the UK who built some very large private rockets, but as he got to the point of making orbit, the UK government stopped him flying. I wonder why.........
Originally posted by Aelita
Also, once Virgin Galactic starts making regular suborbital flights, there will be little difference between that and continuous orbital observations. To my knowledge, nobody's trying to stop VG.
Originally posted by housegroove23
Why are we here on ATS then?
What's the point?
Take Ken Johnston Sr. of Belen, New Mexico, a NASA veteran who used to train Apollo astronauts. He currently holds the title of "solar system ambassador," and when he's not representing the nearest eight or nine planets, he's dressing like Dumbledore at Harry Potter-related events.