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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

NASA is worried China will claim the moon

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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0:00.0

The head of NASA worried that China may claim the moon as its own territory and prevent the U.S. from landing there again.

0:10.0

The administrator, his name is Bill Nelson, he said, it's a fact, we're in a space race.

0:17.0

Okay, so...

0:18.0

It sounds like a doctor evil thing, right?

0:20.0

Yeah.

0:22.0

Like, somebody's going to claim the moon.

0:25.0

Well, okay, he goes on to say that...

0:27.0

How would you even claim the moon?

0:29.0

Yeah.

0:30.0

And if you're there, what are they going to do coming four or five days?

0:34.0

Fire the laser!

0:35.0

I mean, let's say theoretically, I'm going to claim Brownsburg, Indiana.

0:41.0

Now, China could theoretically claim because it's like you could wall that off or whatever, right?

0:47.0

I'm not talking about the logistics of it, but the moon is a gigantic structure,

0:52.0

and I'm not a moonologist, but I'm guessing that there's a lot of places you could land on the moon

0:58.0

and seeing as how the moon is totally uncultivated, it isn't like...

1:03.0

I don't know, I guess China would have enough resources there to just start shooting people out of the sky from the moon.

1:08.0

You couldn't live on the moon.

1:10.0

Well, and what if you're already on the moon and then all of a sudden China's coming?

1:16.0

Okay, we have to get out of here.

1:18.0

Exactly!

1:19.0

In four or five days.

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