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Today's the big day - the House of Representatives will be voting on the Senate version of the NASA Authorization Bill (S. 3729). The bill has a lot of support already (including from the authors and former advocates of the House bill) but since the bill is likely to go before the House under a suspension of the rules, it will need a 2/3rds vote to pass.

If you care about the future of space exploration...
If you want to live to see humans start seriously expanding into space...
If you think NASA's time, effort, and funding are better spent on creating new technology, helping support the development of an American spaceflight industry, and focusing on new destinations and challenges than on wasting the next 20-25 years on a 200 billion dollar dick-waving mission to plant another flag on the Moon and nothing more...

... then for fuck's sake, call your congressman this morning before the vote and tell them to vote YES on S. 3729!

>> No.1821395
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1821395

A space elevator should be an actual issue on the table. If not at least a tall mass driver type one so it can shoot up fuel and materials and so on. Until then NASA can piss off.

>> No.1821437

>>1821395
I suppose you're list of 'demands' includes a unicorn as well?

>> No.1821449

>>1821437
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/article4799369.ece
Come to think of it someone will most probably try to create something like a unicorn in the next couple of centuries.

>> No.1821463

The Senate bill will restart NIAC with a substantially larger budget... given their projects in the past it's likely they'll discuss ideas for a space elevator... that good enough to win your support?

>> No.1821468

>>1821463
I'm in Australia so i can't even ring my congressman or whatever.
But I highly fucking doubt that the American government will vote for a space elevator for the next 15 years.

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Called Loebsack this morning! Gotta make sure this bill passes!

>> No.1821593

bump

>> No.1821642

>>1821383

I'll do it phone #'s?

>> No.1822058

>>1821642
Type in your zip here and it will give you contact info for our district's representative in the House
http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

>> No.1822122

>>1821642
This is also a great way to get started. Just enter state and zip (some zips may require the extra 4 digits)

https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

I emailed mine!

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>>1822122
>I emailed mine!

>> No.1822850

bamp

>> No.1822890

I wrote to my rep twice, once a few months ago, once a couple of weeks ago. I won't call because I'm bad over the phone.

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>>1822890
So am I but I called anyways. Just relax and keep it short and you'll do fine.

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