Makes sense. Don't touch the exhibits.

this is preposterous, man never landed on the moon!

Like nobody's going to find a giant Nazi moon base...

Let me guess, the landing sites, right? People know that there is no atmosphere on the moon, so no air current, so no dust disturbance. Also, orbiters don't get that close. Next they will say you can't drive into these zones either, right?

/Funny stuff.

My wife has the same enforcement.

The next lunar lander will look more like the vehicle in the rear.

The Icelander: Like nobody's going to find a giant Nazi moon base...

In order for that to happen, we'd first need to have three teenagers and a physicist build a rocket and name it after an astronomer.

Not news: US proposes no-fly zones. Fark: On the moon

Yeah, but there's still gonna be flies on subby's mom's moon.

I say fark them, I'll whale where I want to whale

Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! !

BurnShrike: Yeah, but there's still gonna be flies on subby's mom's moon.

WTF $!$!$

I thought there was already a crew of purple-wigged British chicks doing that job for us.

theknuckler_33: The Icelander: Like nobody's going to find a giant Nazi moon base...

Unexpected Godwin, for the... uh... win.

Yes?

It's a source of American pride that we are the only country to ever have landed a man on the moon. We are an awesome country, and those landing sites should absolutely be preserved for posterity.

Enforcing the No-Fly Zone.....

So... the week after they release "proof," they seal off the area?

Why it's almost as if they want to stir up controversy, in some sort of divide and conquer game of opposing beliefs.

Thinks this plan has merit.

doglover: unlikely: good luck enforcing.

That's my theory. It's like the "Moon is international property." BULLshiat. If I get up there I'm settin' up my own country. You don't like it? Come stop me!


As the article states, the U.S. hopes that, by specifying exactly what we want protected, other countries will respect our wishes. That's not unreasonable.

With respect to U.S.-based companies and U.S. citizens, the federal government can damn sure inforce the do-not-touch order, but probably not the do-not-approach order, at least with respect to U.S. debris (not so much the Russian stuff they may have also asked not to be disturbed; I haven't seen the list). Even though the treaty makes the Moon akin to international waters, the LEMs and other gear are U.S. property, and adverse posession does not apply to the government, so citizens and U.S. businesses could be prosecuted for handling that stuff no differently than for stealing or damaging a GSA car, a USGS survey marker, or any other government property that is outside on Earth.

NASA doesn't have the co-ordinates for some of the stuff to be protected, however; namely some of the LEM ascent stages - most importantly among them, Eagle's (Apollo 11's) ascent stage. Eagle and a couple of the others were left in lunar orbit and crashed at points unknown. Conversely, Intrepid's (Apollo 12's) ascent stage was rammed at intentional points in order to gain seismic data.

Well, that kinda spoils Ralph's vacation plans for Alice.

Given that the Moon has no atmosphere (or at least no physically significant amount of atmosphere), can anyone ever really "fly" there to begin with?

/ rocketry != flying

They're probably embarrassed that somebody might see the cheap junk NASA grossly over paid for.

Where the fark is QA?

I came into this thread hoping to hear some hilarious "finally they are saying we should never go to the moon again" stuff from him but was let down.

Where are you buddy?

tinyarena: FTFA: "the restriction list contains more than the historical sites... the list includes studying discarded food and abandoned astronaut feces...studying the discarded food will reveal the viability of bacteria on the moon and, if present, how they have mutated and survived after years of exposure to solar radiation."


I just found the name of my new band.

MrSeabass: tinyarena: FTFA: "the restriction list contains more than the historical sites... the list includes studying discarded food and abandoned astronaut feces...studying the discarded food will reveal the viability of bacteria on the moon and, if present, how they have mutated and survived after years of exposure to solar radiation."


I just found the name of my new band.

The Astroturds want a word with you.

The US has finally jumped the shark. "We're going to establish a no-fly zone...IN SPACE!"

What people disturbing lunar historical sites might look like:


Really? No one yet?

They say it is to protect historical sights. but in reality it is to hide the truth.

unlikely: good luck enforcing.

It's within the Judoon's jurisdiction.

Seems legit.