Back To The Moon

[Bazile]

NASA is getting ready to return to the moon .

One of the aims is to put the first person of colour and the first woman on the surface

Test unmaned rocket aiming to be launched today

[Gromit]

They are going to place a rainbow diversity flag there.

[Zacs-Master]

Thread already running, Baz:
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1808348.html

[naomi24]

So exciting - but I'm not sure about their specific aims. I would rather they all just be regarded as 'astronauts' - whatever their gender or colour.

[ToraToraTora]

Does the moon need hoovering then?

[naomi24]

Haaa! ^Naughty. :o)

[aelmpvw]

the two most qualified astronauts won't be getting a trip because they're white males . . .

[ToraToraTora]

I'm just amazed it's taken half a century. When I was a school kid in 1972 we thought there would soon be a moonbase like in the Anderson UFO series!

[Gromit]

T minus 40 minutes. Assuming they fix the problem with engine 3.

[Zacs-Master]

And hover boots, Tora;-)

[Gromit]

Called off for today.

[Old_Geezer]

Good to see their aims are of the highest priority {he types as sarcastically as possible}.

One might have thought there was value in having a moon presence, but over the years it seems there's not been.

[Gromit]

The moon is barren, and desolate and has no intelligent life as the space between Liz Truss’s ears.

[New Judge]

//The moon is barren, and desolate and has no intelligent life as the space between Liz Truss’s ears.//

Much as you may not like her, Gromit, Ms Truss read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Merton College, Oxford, graduating in 1996. I would suggest that anybody graduating from an Oxford College cannot be described as brainless.

[Ellipsis]

She's as thick as two short planks, clearly demonstrated by her words and actions.

#thicklizzy is a hashtag being used on Twitter by people wishing to point out her latest gaffes:

https://twitter.com/hashtag/thicklizzy

Just in case the reference is lost on you, NJ, Thin Lizzy was a 1970s rock group.

Her alma mater must be so proud of performances like these, which pre-date current gems like "I don't know whether the leader of France is an enemy of the UK" coming from our Foreign Secretary:

[goodgoalie]

Oh dear God, please not her. But it will be, as she's promised tax cuts, and that's what the Tory faithful want.

[dave50]

The most expensive virue signalling ever.

[dave50]

Virtue