Comments on: NASA plan to bomb the moon http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/08/nasa-plan-to-bomb-the-moon/ The inside track since 2003 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:10:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Howard Greenstein http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/08/nasa-plan-to-bomb-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-54847 Howard Greenstein Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:57:29 +0000 http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=2449#comment-54847 Did you ever watch "Space 1999?" the series? Be careful blowing up stuff on the moon! Did you ever watch “Space 1999?” the series? Be careful blowing up stuff on the moon!

]]> By: Robert http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2008/08/nasa-plan-to-bomb-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-54843 Robert Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:01:14 +0000 http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=2449#comment-54843 Tom, its a sad state of affairs when you feel you have to label every piece of tongue-in-cheek writing as such! I have an idea for a British Space Programme, which I would be grateful if you would pass on to your government colleagues. Simply put - abolish Trident, and use the money, the rocket fuel, and the submariners to create a British NASA. Spending those billions on rockets that actually go somewhere seems a lot more constructive than rockets built for destruction. The submariners are military men with the sort of good discipline we need for moon voyages and beyond. We know they are in good physical shape, of sound mind, and able to stay sealed in airtight capsules for weeks on end. Maybe we could just turn the submarines on their end and blast them straight into space. We often hear that Apollo ran on a computer with less power than the average mobile phone... so I even volunteer my Blackberry to power the new guidance systems. (note - that last bit was also tongue-in-cheek... but I'm serious about the submariners). Tom, its a sad state of affairs when you feel you have to label every piece of tongue-in-cheek writing as such!

I have an idea for a British Space Programme, which I would be grateful if you would pass on to your government colleagues.

Simply put – abolish Trident, and use the money, the rocket fuel, and the submariners to create a British NASA.

Spending those billions on rockets that actually go somewhere seems a lot more constructive than rockets built for destruction.

The submariners are military men with the sort of good discipline we need for moon voyages and beyond. We know they are in good physical shape, of sound mind, and able to stay sealed in airtight capsules for weeks on end.

Maybe we could just turn the submarines on their end and blast them straight into space. We often hear that Apollo ran on a computer with less power than the average mobile phone… so I even volunteer my Blackberry to power the new guidance systems.

(note – that last bit was also tongue-in-cheek… but I’m serious about the submariners).

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