Why We Must Return to the Moon and Beyond
By: Kevin Rogers
Let me start by saying that all these pussy politicians who can’t take a stand FOR returning to the moon is dead to me. I was just reading an article the other day that drove me insane and I decided I must write something in response. The basic premise of this article was that we should discontinue NASA and it’s funding. I call boulder dash. Who in their right mind would honestly want to do such a thing.
Let me guess, if that person is you, you are probably saying, the country is in debt trillions already, why continue to fund NASA’s experiments and trips to the moon? Shut up you pansy. The reason NASA is important includes several reasons.
1) They shoot rockets, really, really big rockets, thus by simple math NASA=Awesome.
2) Space suits make astronauts look super skinny.
3) Aliens could be hiding around the corner at any moment, and we NEED to be ready because Will Smith can’t bail us out every time from some alien attack.
If you couldn’t tell, I was kidding. The real reason we need to continue NASA’s funding is because NASA has provided us with some of the coolest shit. Since NASA started shooting people on rockets into space they have been working on things. Most people don’t even realize all that NASA has done for us. Are you watching TV right now? How about talking on your cell phone today, did you do that? What about using a GPS to get somewhere? That’s because NASA decided to be badass and shoot a satellite into orbit around the earth.
I imagine your probably telling yourself that you could live without that stuff. Well I would call you a goddamn liar, and you should stop saying nonsense. I’ll expand upon what NASA has done for you. How about the medical fields, for all you people that have pacemakers, thank NASA. How about an Ultra sound technology? Yeah NASA also. Not to mention anything having to do with breast cancer detection and treatment could be contributed to NASA and it’s advanced technology.
The fact is I could keep going and list everything from Air tanks for fire fighters, to stronger and safer winter tires for your car. The worst part is you have morons out their whom think we should stop developing this stuff. The argument always is, well we don’t need to go to outer space for NASA to invent things. Yes, we do. For us non-eggheads let me pose this question, how may times have you been working on and project, and thought to yourself “man I sure with I had something that did XYZ”. Well the same thing happens with NASA, the only difference, NASA goes ahead and creates that thing FROM SCRATCH.
The truth is NASA needs to be planning to go the moon and Mars, not only because it would be kick ass to be able to go to the moon for vacation, but because we need NASA firing on all cylinders and making top notch grade A, American bad-ass-ery. So the next time you guys hear your local senator or Congressman talking about how they are going to vote to cut of NASA’s funding, call them and tell them to shove it up their ass.
