Daniel C Phillips

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I've been living through climate change for 60 years. This is why I know it is a money-grabbing HOAX.

I don't disagree that going back to the moon, even if it was just to wave at it on the way past and back, was an act of bravery. I do question why single use rockets , using 1970's technology, was done. This above all else would appear to be wasteful at best, and archaic and irresponsible at worst. With the level of debt the USA currently has, no government department should be throwing away billions of dollars on single use vehicles when it is no longer just necessary - but clearly foolish to do so. The design choices made in the Artemis mission appear to be driven by following old patterns and technology of the mid 20th century. Rather than with the intention of creating a re-usable infrastructure to make travel to the moon and beyond as much a part of the future as trans-oceanic freight operations are to the world economy today. I for one, would have liked to have seen all of the major components of the rocket return to earth intact, ready for use on another mission, that took place within months, not years. The technology is no longer just proven - it is now the current standard. We should have far further advanced than where we are, in our exploration and commercialistation of our solar system.

What the Artemis II astronauts did over the last 10 days was a testament to their bravery. And the fact that they traveled farther from Earth than anyone ever has, re-entered our atmosphere at more than 24,000 mph, and splashed down safely was a testament to human ingenuity. Thanks to everyone at @NASA for making this mission possible, and for taking us along for the ride.

I acknowledge that your intent is well meaning, and comes from a place of compassion. There are no easy choices here when you live in the reality of 21st century Africa. Third world countries don't have the financial resources to maintain the large natural bush areas needed to keep these magnificent animals going . Private game reserves actually preserve a much larger area than all of the national parks in Africa combined. They exist from the private income that hunting generates, and in reality, we need both the game reserves and the national parks for the populations of these animals to survive. When hunting has been banned, game reserves go out of business, and poaching wipes out the wildlife population, and particularly in plains areas, broadacre industrial farming destroys the remaining natural environment. This has happened in multiple countries across Africa. My vote is that as difficult as it is to swallow, a privately managed wildlife population is still a living wildlife population.

@D_C_Phillips @benonwine You just can spend money, without killing animals, if it is so importatnt for you. Consider this.

Would You Support a WORLDWIDE Ban on Trophy Hunting? Please Answer YES OR NO? If No, then WHY?

I acknowledge that your intent is well meaning, and comes from a place of compassion. There are no easy choices here when you live in the reality of 21st century Africa. Third world countries don't have the financial resources to maintain the large natural bush areas needed to keep these magnificent animals going . Private game reserves actually preserve a much larger area than all of the national parks in Africa combined. They exist from the private income that hunting generates, and in reality, we need both the game reserves and the national parks for the populations of these animals to survive. When hunting has been banned, game reserves go out of business, and poaching wipes out the wildlife population, and particularly in plains areas, broadacre industrial farming destroys the remaining natural environment. This has happened in multiple countries across Africa. My vote is that as difficult as it is to swallow, a privately managed wildlife population is still a living wildlife population.

@D_C_Phillips @benonwine Professional gamekeepers & the official wildlife management department for the country in question can take care of this. Vile poachers & trophy hunters are not necessary to address these issues.

It really isn't about glorifying anything. It is only acknowledging the brutal, on the ground reality, that private hunting game reserves represent and preserve a much larger area than the national parks across all of Africa. Without the income that comes from the humane culling of a relative handful of animals, both the habitat and the wildlife has subsequently been wiped out by poaching, and the plains areas in particular get cleared, and used for broadacre industrial farming. Thus resulting in loss of all wildlife, and all natural habitat in large areas of Africa. A number of countries that banned Trophy hunting, such as Botswana, have had to re-introduce it so that game reserves could resume to protect the wildlife, and the habitat, that was both being rapidly decimated without the income to support them. Without active support and management, they die. It took decades for Elephant, Leopard and Lion populations in Botswana to begin to recover after the reversal of this well meaning, but ill advised hunting ban.

@albion_of94308 @D_C_Phillips @benonwine Why can’t these fckwhits just visit the animals. Why do you need psychopaths to glorify killing beautiful animals

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We owe a great deal to the Rats of Tobruk. They fought off the axis powers for 242 days, holding off Erwin Rommels troops and gaining the utter respect of their adversaries. It was the first time a German army was defeated in WW2, which was a huge turning point in the conflict.

Thank you for sharing this! This is the most extraordinary resource for tracking who discovered where, and when for Australia I have ever seen! When you take into consideration the technology they didn't have, how far these sea and land explorers travelled - and how harsh the places they travelled through were - it boggles the mind. This map is a testament to a group of very brave people who endured the toughest that Australia could throw at them, and survived to tell the tale!

My favourite map Discovery from 1519 to 1901 Zoom for detail By H.E.C Robinson 1927

I would venture to suggest that this is not the only time this has happened in Australia. Australia's yearly carbon emissions are produced by China every 12 days - and that figure is dropping by about a day and a half each year as China's emissions grow. Which makes this an exercise of shutting down coal fired power stations, and replacing them with hugely more expensive alternative energy that requires capital replacement every 12 years, which is the life cycle of current solar panels, an exercise in pointless self harm.

Se a NASA tivesse senso de humor…

Congratulations to the Artemis II team on a safe landing! 🚀

Truth to this…