Posts: 1217
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Jun 2003

posted 05-11-2005 10:51 AM               

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Good news for the Vision for Space Exploration: It sounds like the Moon WON'T be destroyed by Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger before astronauts can return there:

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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger does not want to destroy the moon.

A U.S. political commentator has admitted he failed to check his facts when he erroneously reported on the MSNBC cable news network last month that Schwarzenegger had jokingly advocated doing away with the moon.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050510/od_nm/moon_dc

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Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002

posted 05-11-2005 12:22 PM            

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I heard the audio version of this on talk radio, and it was hilarious! And a little disturbing to think that this is the kind of thing people believe the Governator would in fact say...

Francis.

Posts: 1316
From: Syracuse, NY
Registered: Jan 2005