[Posted June 14, 2010]

Moon Return Abandoned

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Between 1969 and 1972 six manned expeditions touched down on the moon, but nary a one in the 38 years since. You'd think by now there'd be an outpost with regular tour groups and a resort up there.

London Times June 14, 2010 - JACQUI GODDARD

Boldly going nowhere: Nasa ends plan to put man back on Moon

Nasa has begun to wind down construction of the rockets and spacecraft that were to have taken astronauts back to the Moon — effectively dismantling the US human spaceflight programme despite a congressional ban on its doing so.

Legislators have accused President Obama’s Administration of contriving to slip the termination of the Constellation programme through the back door to avoid a battle on Capitol Hill.

Constellation aimed to build upon what was arguably America’s greatest technological achievement, the first lunar landing of 1969, by launching new expeditions to the Moon and to Mars and worlds beyond. Mr Obama proposed in February that it should be scrapped because it was “over budget, behind schedule and lacking in innovation”, but he has met opposition in Congress, which has yet to approve his plan.The head of Nasa, Major-General Charlie Bolden — an Obama appointee — has now written to aerospace contractors telling them to cut back immediately on Constellation-related projects costing almost $1 billion (£690 million), to comply with regulations requiring them to budget for possible contract termination costs. go to story

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Don't come back

Shopping Advisory—how not to get cheated A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

So-called scientists, Russian and American, for so many years they're trying to go to the moon planet, nearest planet. But here is no shelter. Actually, I do not know whether they have gone, but why they are coming back? Let them remain there, construct house there, there is everything. If there is no such possibility, why these rascals are going there? Practically, if it is full of dust only, why these rascals are going to see the dust every time? Ask these rascals that "What benefit? You're spending so much money and going to the moon planet and touching, 'Now my flag is on the dust,' and go back with little pebbles, 'Oh, we have gone.'" No. Moon-reaching day, holiday. more

Moon expedition failure

excerpt from conversation, Mayapur, March 6, 1974

PRABHUPADA: So we can boldly say on the strength of Vedic literature that all these attempts are childish and those who are attempting, they're all fools and rascals. That's all. Now they're silent about moon expedition. They're trying to go to Venus. What happened to moon, moon planet?

SIDDHA-SVARUPANANDA: Yeah right.

PRABHUPADA: Another diversion. That's all.

SIDDHA-SVARUPANANDA: Just wasting money and time.

PRABHUPADA: Another diversion of attention so that they can exploit public money in that way. And the public is also fooled that they believe all this nonsense.

excerpt from conversation, Honolulu, June 2, 1975

AMBARISH: Prabhupada, you said the other day that pretty soon all these lies will be exposed.

PRABHUPADA: They are already exposed because they have left that expedition. That means they are hopeless. That is exposed. But foolish people will not ask them that "Why you have stopped this expedition?" They will again go on bluffing, and they will accept. That is the position. Now people should ask them, "Why you have stopped moon expedition and Venus expedition? You proposed you were going there, making arrangement. Why you have stopped?" It is failure.

HARIKESA: They might argue...

PRABHUPADA: What is the argument? You have stopped. That is your failure, that's all. You can argue to the laymen, foolish men, but we will say you have stopped; therefore it is failure. All bogus propaganda is now stopped.

DEVOTEE: They are saying the moon isn't worth developing.

PRABHUPADA: Now they cannot say anything because they are failure. Anything they say, that is all foolishness. They cannot say anything. Once you are failure, you have no value, anything you say.

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