[extropy-chat] Moon landing anniversary

[Adrian Tymes]

--- Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Eliezer Yudkowsky <sentience at pobox.com> wrote:
> > 35 years ago today, on July 20th 1969, humans
> walked on the Moon.
> > 
> >
>
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo11/index.html
> > 
> > Let's hope it wasn't our all-time high point.
> 
> Well, given recent events, I'd say not. Putting a
> probe into orbit
> around Saturn is way cooler, and SpaceShipOne is the
> Scott Carpenter
> stage of private manned flight. As for Bush's
> initiative to return to
> the moon, I'd say the govt should stay out, outside
> of offering X-Prize
> type rewards to the first private acheivements such
> as:

http://centennialchallenge.nasa.gov/

...sorry.  It had to be said.  ;P