Could Ireland put a man on the Moon?

Poly

I was reading about the Apollo Program.
NASA estimated that the total cost was $170 billion.
Last Sept. instead of bailing out Anglo, had Brian Lenihan suggested putting a man on the moon, cost €100 billion.
Could we do it? Could we build an Irish pub on the Moon?

MGMTea

ah yeah, sure wouldnt it be great craic

Doc

No.

Now go back to sleep.

Diageio_Man

170 billion back then is a hell of alot more money now in this day of age.

Poly

Diageio_Man wrote: »

170 billion back then is a hell of alot more money now in this day of age.

That was a 2005 estimate.

"In 2009, NASA held a symposium on project costs which presented an estimate of the Apollo program costs in 2005 dollars as roughly $170 billion. This included all Research and development (R&D) costs; the procurement of 15 Saturn V rockets, 16 Command/Service Modules, 12 Lunar Modules, plus program support and management costs; construction expenses for facilities and their upgrading, and costs for flight operations. This was based on a Congressional Budget Office report, A Budgetary Analysis of NASA’s New Vision for Space, dated September 2004.[31]" -Wiki

Ash.J.Williams

Developing the technology for a small island like ours enter space and land on the moon, with the sole aim of opening an Irish bar is the best idea i've ever heard ...ever.

soadtool

Poly wrote: »

I was reading about the Apollo Program.
NASA estimated that the total cost was $170 billion.
Last Sept. instead of bailing out Anglo, had Brian Lenihan suggested putting a man on the moon, cost €100 billion.
Could we do it? Could we build an Irish pub on the Moon?

maybe if money wasnt an issue, in sixty years time it might be possible. I'm not sure if "rocket science" is on the CAO tho

Poly

soadtool wrote: »

maybe if money wasnt an issue, in sixty years time it might be possible. I'm not sure if "rocket science" is on the CAO tho

It was a FAS course, so we have a head start.

tantalum

right then, Irish Government, watch and learn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0FVxRnA-Kw

Poly

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Developing the technology for a small island like ours enter space and land on the moon, with the sole aim of opening an Irish bar is the best idea i've ever heard ...ever.

I'd want the bar to be nice, not the kind of sh1te hole that Hans Solo would drink in.

A nice athmosphere like!

and it would have to do food.

falan

We don't even have an air force. How could anyone expect us to fly up to the moon?:rolleyes::D

rednik

Yanks have NASA and we have NAMA, we would be lucky to put a man on top of an apartment block.

moonpurple

yes, put sean fitzpatrick up there, with just enough fuel to get there..

Ash.J.Williams

Poly wrote: »

I'd want the bar to be nice, not the kind of sh1te hole that Hans Solo would drink in.

A nice athmosphere like!

and it would have to do food.

I'd prefer we avoided the typical intergalactic carvery, and after a hard day in space, tapas just wouldn't hit the spot...maybe a thai?

Imagine the state of the shuttle after everyone gets tanked up on guinness!!

Poly

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I'd prefer we avoided the typical intergalactic carvery, and after a hard day in space, tapas just wouldn't hit the spot...maybe a thai?

Imagine the state of the shuttle after everyone gets tanked up on guinness!!

Curry and space suits would be a health and safety issue, sorry no curry.

AAAAAAAHHH

Why do people keep calling Han Solo Hans?

falan

AAAAAAAHHH wrote: »

Why do people keep calling Han Solo Hans?

Because a lot of people aren't star wars geeks....:pac:

Poly

AAAAAAAHHH wrote: »

Why do people keep calling Han Solo Hans?

Don't care, your'e not getting in, no bounty hunters or borgs. The Borg are messy cnuts with a few pints on them.

ynotdu

Plans are well under way from NAMA,the launch vehicle is called Jayzus i hope this works,its first flight is provisionaly booked by the cabinet.

SEPT 23 1989

When we figure out how to join up the red and green luas lines then maybe we can think about space travel

Doyler92

Of Course. Just get one of those ultra effective aer arran flights to the moon and arrive in about 47 seconds :rolleyes:

bonerm

Poly wrote: »

I was reading about the Apollo Program.
NASA estimated that the total cost was $170 billion.
Last Sept. instead of bailing out Anglo, had Brian Lenihan suggested putting a man on the moon, cost €100 billion.
Could we do it? Could we build an Irish pub on the Moon?

Sure we could. Just make a mental note to multiply the tender price by about 3 before you accept. This is Ireland.

Recently built, under construction venues :

Location: Dublin.
Venue : Lansdowne Road.
Capacity 50,000.
Retractable Roof : No
Price Tag : €410m

Location: Stockholm
Venue : Swedbank Arena, Solna
Capacity 50,000.
Retractable Roof : Yes
Price Tag : €255m

monkeypants

Could Ireland put a man on the moon? Absolutely. Unfortunately there'd be several tolls to be paid on the journey.

Lando Griffin

Maybe we could send Alison O’Riordan who then could write a report on the subject.
Day -1.
“As I lay on my roof garden surrounded by Grecian Ceramics and tropical flora, the cold wind of change brought a familiar excitable feeling. I looked up at the flat pancake like object, the night sun, tomorrow I will be looking down on the social scene of Dublin from another atmosphere. The feeling of anticipation is overpowering, like meeting Hollywood A listed stars as my designer puts the finishing touches to my space suit. I am going for a chic early eighties electronic look with matching handbag. I have bought a Diarmuid Gavin endorsed garden shovel in M&S to assist me in bringing back some Moonrock, which, with the help of my financial adviser price and sell on the social circuit in Dublin and hence allowing me to buy my dream 4 bed family home in the leafy D4 with all the trappings of family life”.

Panda

Nah ****it, we'll put a man on the sun.

And no we wont get burned, we'll go up at night.

Blackhorse Slim

Go Ryanair.

Flight to the Moon; €1
Govt tax; €1.5M
Oxygen; €2,500 per minute

orourkeda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCW9Hey6IVY

paddyland

The few remaining Fianna Fáil supporters seem to reside on the moon already...

Blackhorse Slim

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfz9O_mSY1U

ch750536

bugger. Its so good, watch it twice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfz9O_mSY1U

Apolloyon

Why would I would a Moon Pub when I already have a Space Bar on my keyboard?

Kasabian

Space travel , ffs we can't even finish the roads or have a train service that joins the country together.

Dempsey

bonerm wrote: »

Sure we could. Just make a mental note to multiply the tender price by about 3 before you accept. This is Ireland.

Recently built, under construction venues :

Location: Dublin.
Venue : Lansdowne Road.
Capacity 50,000.
Retractable Roof : No
Price Tag : €410m

Location: Stockholm
Venue : Swedbank Arena, Solna
Capacity 50,000.
Retractable Roof : Yes
Price Tag : €255m

The Swedbank Arena isnt finished and the Aviva (from the plans) looks like a far nicer stadium. We'll see if it comes in on budget and time like the Aviva did because its already estimated to cost more than originally planned

CrazyRabbit

If we wanted to visit a remote barren wasteland, we could just head to the Irish Atlantic coastline.

I_AmThe_Walrus

I nominate Biffo and the entire political landscape of Ireland to be sent up there to take in the majestic view.

Let's just hope there's no space-suits.

Run_to_da_hills

If America couldn't put a man on the moon what hope dose Ireland have.

Moon landing was a hoax. :pac:

It would be a terrible idea.. We'd just end up buyin land up there and start selling it to each other.

starlit

yes they could if they had the money for it!

Chuchoter

Our bus stops cost 200k, god knows what a space mission would cost

marcsignal

you know what would happen sooner or later if we ever did, don’t you?

bonerm

marcsignal wrote: »

you know what would happen sooner or later if we ever did, don’t you?

Would there be any atmosphere?

Killer Pigeon

Poly wrote: »

I was reading about the Apollo Program.
NASA estimated that the total cost was $170 billion.
Last Sept. instead of bailing out Anglo, had Brian Lenihan suggested putting a man on the moon, cost €100 billion.
Could we do it? Could we build an Irish pub on the Moon?

Man has never sent one of its own to the moon.

sligopark

were any of those chaps not Irish????

magick

I think it would be a great idea.

But lets send the scum instead. They will live in a space station fighting each other to the death for food we send them, and we can televise this as a new reality show.

sligopark

Shams wrote: »

I think it would be a great idea.

But lets send the scum instead. They will live in a space station fighting each other to the death for food we send them, and we can televise this as a new reality show.

why the expense of sending them to space? Why not one of the uninhabited islands far off the west with all those fighting dogs lifted every year left on the same island?

pebbles21

Poly wrote: »

Could we build an Irish pub on the Moon?

Suppose you would have to call it Mooney's!

Mr Benevolent

sligopark wrote: »

why the expense of sending them to space? Why not one of the uninhabited islands far off the west with all those fighting dogs lifted every year left on the same island?

You mean Ireland?

bnt

If you threw enough money at the problem? Sure, Ireland could put a man on the Moon. Getting him back home, though? ... "ah, well, we hadn't thought 'bout that, but yer man will make a plan and he'll be right, sure enough." :cool:

kjl

Poly wrote: »

I was reading about the Apollo Program.
NASA estimated that the total cost was $170 billion.
Last Sept. instead of bailing out Anglo, had Brian Lenihan suggested putting a man on the moon, cost €100 billion.
Could we do it? Could we build an Irish pub on the Moon?

The only reason there was so much money invested was to bankrupt the Russians.

Mint Sauce

we could, but would it p!ss off the americans if someone else got there first?

Poly

kjl wrote: »

The only reason there was so much money invested was to bankrupt the Russians.

Why would we want to bankrupt the Russians? Wtf do they want with the glass bottle site?