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[[[ Recently Benjamin Netanyahu posted on social media that, "If Iran makes a mistake and attacks us again, it will suffer a blow it can't even imagine." And he means it as Israel is actually gearing up to end the Iran war once and for all after the recent drone attack by Iran's proxy army Hezbollah.

Earlier today Trump flooded social media...especially 'Truth Social'...with silly AI-generated images of him annexing two countries, renaming the state of New Mexico 'New America', and his claiming ownership of the moon. And while some might find this funny I see it as both a narcissistic overinflated ego run amok, and the President of the United States making a fool of our country during a time of war.

Simply, Netanyahu takes this war with Iran seriously...Trump apparently thinks it's a joke. Houston, we still have a problem as to why this war continues on, and the problem has the initials DJT. ]]]

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Just a Thought

This thought below is my {Diane Sori) thought alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.or google.com  

 

[[[ This morning, the "Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope"...America's next generation of space telescopes...has been successfully launched by NASA as it heads on its mission to solve the mystery surrounding "dark energy" while searching for thousands of "exoplanets," and studying "infrared astrophysics." 

 

Every step we take on this journey gets us one step closer to proving the TRUTH that, "WE ARE NOT ALONE." 

 

And with certain close family members being involved in the Moon, Mars, and beyond missions, I herald this great step forward, and count the days to the Moon launch...50+ years in the waiting will finally soon be over for space truly is our future. ]]]

 

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The first Artemis ll / NASA pic of 

the Moon’s dark side! 

Our voyage back into space has just begun...

to explore the unknown is indeed in mankind's DNA.

Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor 

 

WE ARE BACK!

Artemis II lifted off on it's way to the moon! God speed.

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Fact

The article is the author's opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google    

 

Artemis II lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at 6:35 p.m. EDT yesterday, Wednesday, April 1st. The mission will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen on an approximately 10‑day journey around the Moon, The elliptical orbit taken will be man 's furthest venture into space to date. This is our first real tangible step back to the Moon now 40+ years in the making. 

 

Important updates to follow as they happen.

 

 

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Op-ed:

The Final Frontier vs. Budget Cuts

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio

The article posted here is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google

...But the bottom line, in my opinion, is that when budget decisions regarding allocations and funding are being considered for certain highly specialized government agencies...with NASA being such an agency...NASA alone should be making their own budget decisions not pencil-pushing bureaucrats, politicians, or even our president. Why so...because few folks truly understand the science, logistics, and intricacies involved in NASA's past and future successes.

And know that NASA is more than just rockets and spacesuits for NASA not only helps to generate economic growth and its corresponding benefits, but NASA's space missions...whether they be robotic or manned missions...helps us to advance the collective of our scientific knowledge...knowledge needed to help make both the dream of Moon and Mars colonization not just a someday possibility, but a not so distant reality. And when you add in all the practical applications NASA's space technology has here on Earth you might find yourself agreeing with my belief that NASA's budget needs to be expanded not be cut back. Cutting “fluff” is always a good thing, cutting man's future is not, for our reaching for the stars that started with Neil Armstrong's but “one small step for a man”...must be allowed to continue on unabated in the name of all “mankind.”...Read entire article and see video here.

Op-ed:

The Final Frontier vs. Budget Cuts

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio

The article posted here is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google

 

“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before!”

- Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise NCC1701

Let me start this article by saying, I think Donald J. Trump might well go down in our nation's history as one of America's greatest presidents...never mind the fact that no president, to date, has had more obstacles thrown in their path to“Make America Great Again” then has this one man. And while I do not agree with every thing he’s done, as it’s hard to agree 100% of the time with anyone, for me there’s really only one issue I totally disagree with him on...as in his administration's putting NASA's 2026 operating budget on the chopping block with cuts here, there, and everywhere. Needless cuts...dangerous cuts with long lasting ramifications including possibly seeing China, not Russia, beating us back to the Moon. Our returning first to the Moon is of paramount importance. because he who controls the Moon controls the Earth...a saying with more truth than the average person really understands. And by the Trump administration cutting back NASA's budget to the degree that is now being proposed could well become a negative factor affecting all the good that Trump has accomplished to date.

“This is a budget that says America is done leading the world in space, that we are a nation turning inward.”

- Casey Dreier, the chief of space policy at the Planetary Society, a nonprofit organization...a think tank if you will...that advocates for space exploration...a statement I sadly must agree with.

Now as for the basics, let's start with the fact that NASA's budget for fiscal year 2026, sees its funding being cut by a whopping 24%...from $24.8 billion in 2025 down to $18.8 billion in 2026...which is the largest single-year cut to NASA in their history. And to break it down even further said proposal sees a two-thirds cut to NASA's astrophysics budget, a 50+% cut to Earth Sciences, a 30% cut to Planetary Sciences, along with cuts to what's called “legacy human exploration systems” which directly affects both our Moon and Mars manned missions. And not to be overlooked is the proposed 50% cut to the “Space Technology” part of the budget...the very program where space technological discoveries are adapted to help better life here on Earth.

Now as for missions specifically being cut, we find the all important robotic “Mars Sample Return Mission”...done in conjunction with the European Space Agency...being cut; the phasing out the SLS rocket and Orion crew capsule after the Artemis III Moon mission...the mission that is scheduled to land near the Moon's south pole; cutting out completely the much needed lunar orbiting space station “Gateway” project; scaling back the “International Space Station” (ISS) by having fewer American astronauts going onboard along with a slimmed-down research program; a cutting of what were deemed to be key “climate monitoring” and “weather forecasting” satellites; along with postponing indefinitely the what was scheduled to be launched in May 2027, as in the “Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (RST) ”...a wide field infrared space telescope that “would settle the essential questions in the areas of dark energy, exoplanets, and astrophysics.” Sort of the “Hubble Telescope” on steroids rightly named for the pioneering woman astronomer deemed to be the “Mother of Hubble.”

So to my fellow “space geeks” I say, let those numbers and mission cuts sink in a bit, along with the additional fact that the current proposed budget also sees cuts of more than $1 billion in regards to “mission support,” as in reducing employee head counts, maintenance, construction and “environmental compliance activities”...with maintenance and construction cuts leaving open the possibly of much needed safety measures coming into question.

Are you angry yet...I know I am...especially with said cuts now also including all important “grant monies”...monies involving NASA's “Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)”...cutting said monies from $7.5 billion in FY2025 to $3.9 billion in FY2026. And know that STMD, is the very directorate which helps in the developing of new and “transformative space technologies” ...“technologies” that will enable future space missions, and whose “grantees” include some of America's youngest and brightest of astrophysicists, planetary scientists, geologists, biologists, chemists, and mathematicians. Simply, cutting back on “grant monies” would derail cutting-edge scientific advancements, while potentially impacting the training of the next generation of “STEM” scientists...an acronym that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics...which could force the canceling of missions and research projects already in the developmental stage.

Simply put, stifling our nation's “brain pool” is never a good idea no matter the field involved, but when that field directly includes our all-important and much needed dominance in space it's not just a bad idea but is actually a dangerous idea.

So yes, I'm angry even though the current proposed budget does appear to...at least for now...allocate an actual $647 million increase in funding for “Human Space Exploration” along with a $1 billion in new investments for a Mars manned landing and ultimate colonization, thus making this allocation seem quite odd and almost redundant as the very programs needed to actually implement said exploration and colonization are some of the very programs now scheduled to be cut...sort of like “robbing Peter to pay Paul” if you will. 

“Spreading out into space...will completely change the future of the human race and maybe determine whether we have any future at all. It won’t solve any of our immediate problems on planet Earth, but it will give us a new perspective on them, and cause us to look outwards rather than inwards. Hopefully it would unite us to face a common challenge.”

- Dr. Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist and cosmologist in an April 21, 2008 interview on NASA TV, entitled ,“Why We Should Go Into Space.”  

                                                                                                   

And so President Trump, the man who understands better than most how important it is for our country to be the leader in space, created “Space Force” to not only partner with NASA on national security matters such as “space domain awareness and planetary defense,” but he made said partnership an immediate imperative in regards to both Russia and China. So it makes no sense that President Trump...the man who also stated in his March address to Congress that he wants to “plant a U.S. flag on Mars;”...would suddenly decide that NASA'a budget must drastically be cut.  

So why and on whose advice is Trump doing what former astronaut and recently retired NASA Director Bill Nelson ...a JFK style Democrat whose loyalty is not to his party but to NASA's main mission*...doing the very opposite of what needs to be done? Saying, “You’ve got this incredible agency populated by what I call a bunch of wizards that, on a daily basis, make the impossible possible, and you are going at them with a chainsaw and a meat-ax,” Nelson might well suspect what I suspected when I first heard of these outrageous cuts.

Harsh but true words that I have a possible answer to...an answer some might not like. So let me begin by saying that I personally do not believe that President Trump acted solely on his own or that he was the originator of what I deem to be a NASA “hatchet job,” because, like me, Trump has always believed that NASA is but one shining example of American exceptionalism at its very best. And while technically NASA is an independent civilian space agency created by Congress that is under the direction of the executive branch, specifically the “Office of Management and Budget” (OMB), it is Congress itself who ultimately decides on NASA's final budget through its “budget and appropriations process”...the process by which Congress sets spending priorities and allocates taxpayer dollars to fund specific programs, and where a budget request is either approved, denied or given a set period of time to make recommended “adjustments”...a long and sometimes tedious process as government bureaucracy tends to get in the way more times than not.

But remember, President Trump has made no secret that while he wants to place more emphasis on private space sector “commercial space objects and objectives” than has previously been done, he still wants important NASA space missions to go forward...at times on their own, at other times in conjunction with said private space sector when need be. And that alone would seem to dictate that while NASA does need to cut costs in a few noncritical areas, it in no way implies that he wants a NASA “hatchet job” done most especially when such cuts could set back our current number one position in space sciences, achievements, and applications.

So after giving this some long and hard thought, I believe that while President Trump did not originate this disgrace of a NASA budget plan, what former director Nelson called a "hatchet job," was set into motion whether deliberately or not when Elon Musk suggested to Trump...like D.O.G.E. suggested to NASA which programs need to be cut...that Trump pick his friend Jared Taylor Isaacman...an American billionaire entrepreneur, pilot, and commercial astronaut with no scientific background whatsoever, a man heavily invested in Musk's SpaceX program, and who has been a vocal mouthpiece for advancing competition in the space industry by reducing reliance on government programs like NASA,..to be the new head of NASA...the job Isaacman has yet to be approved by Congress for as he is considered by both parties to be hostile to NASA especiallywith his SpaceX ties rightfully being seen by many as a serious conflict of interest.

Supporting the private space industry is one thing...most of us, me included, do support said industry...but when it's suggested that a vocal proponent of said industry be the one to head your competition of sorts...as in NASA... that's quite another thing, And this is especially true when the individual proposed already has gone "on record" as saying which key NASA missions he will cut when and if he gets the job or even before he does...which Isaacman has already done.

"We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."

- President John F. Kennedy's words spoken at Rice University on September 12, 1962, to inform the public about his plan to land a man on the Moon before 1970.

But the bottom line, in my opinion, is that when budget decisions regarding allocations and funding are being considered for certain highly specialized government agencies...with NASA being such an agency...NASA alone should be making their own budget decisions not pencil-pushing bureaucrats, politicians, or even our president. Why so...because few folks truly understand the science, logistics, and intricacies involved in NASA's past and future successes.

And know that NASA is more than just rockets and spacesuits for NASA not only helps to generate economic growth and its corresponding benefits, but NASA's space missions...whether they be robotic or manned missions...helps us to advance the collective of our scientific knowledge...knowledge needed to help make both the dream of Moon and Mars colonization not just a someday possibility, but a not so distant reality. And when you add in all the practical applications NASA's space technology has here on Earth you might find yourself agreeing with my belief that NASA's budget needs to be expanded not be cut back. Cutting “fluff” is always a good thing, cutting man's future is not, for our reaching for the stars that started with Neil Armstrong's but “one small step for a man”...must be allowed to continue on unabated in the name of all “mankind.” Case closed.

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Footnote

* NASA's main mission is to advance science, technology, aeronautics, and space exploration for the benefit of humankind.

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Op-ed:

Why the Moon

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio

“Let us create vessels and sails adjusted to the heavenly ether, and there will be plenty of people unafraid of the empty wastes. In the meantime, we shall prepare, for the brave sky-travellers, maps of the celestial bodies.”                                                             - German astronomer Johannes Kepler in a 1610 letter to Italian astronomer Galileo

I have always said, rather it be in print or on the radio, that the country who first colonizes the Moon controls both the Earth and space...and in today's ever volatile world it best be the United States for obvious reasons. Just imagine if what's happening now in Ukraine were to happen on a global scale if Russia...if Vladimir Putin...were ever in control of the Moon. Just imagine the apocalypse spoken of in the Bible paling in comparison to what could be a “scorched earth” policy...a policy now happening in Ukraine...but see it being initiated from the Moon. Just imagine Armageddon on a here and now tangible level minus religious connotations.

The weaponizing of space and thus the overseer of Earth could possibly fall into the hands of a truly evil man, a scary thought indeed yet it's not out of the realm of possibility for the Moon, which Russia has long coveted, is the much needed first step in Russia's domination of Earth let alone space. In fact, while only the United States has successfully landed men on the Moon, something Russia nor China has yet to do, Russia's true designs regarding the Moon and moving outward from there have nothing to do with Pravda spewed propaganda that Russia's space intentions are peaceful. Exploring and colonizing the Moon, scientific research being done on the Moon, the Moon being used as a launch pad for deep space exploration, or even for the betterment of mankind is not part of Putin's agenda and never was, for what I believe is that Putin sees the Moon itself and its natural resources as the ultimate weapon he could use against all who don't tow his dictatorial line.

How so...think of Russia's need for Ukraine's natural resources, but think of it to the 9th degree for certain natural resources found on the Moon would, because of their very nature, afford the first country to colonize the Moon a great advantage over all other countries, especially militarily. And that alone would allow said country to control all happenings not only on the Moon, but on Earth and eventually in space itself. Do you think I'm kidding...I'm not...for this would be the scenario if Russia were to colonize the Moon before we do...if Putin were to harness the power of one key element found on the Moon...a key element that would make him almost invincible.

One key element holds sway over all...one key element that I mentioned way back in 2014 in my and my Right Side Patriots partner Craig Andresen's Investigative Report, Land Grabs: The Truth Exposed – Part 4. But now that one single element has more serious and deadly ramifications than any previously mentioned elements and that element is helium-3...the stuff of not just balloons but of atomic bombs.

In said Part 4, I wrote about how our government had a long history of maintaining control over our deposits of helium-3 and helium-4. In fact, from 1929 until 1960, the U.S. government was the only domestic producer of helium, at which point the “Helium Act of 1960” became law, thus directing the Secretary of the Interior to acquire and conserve helium using funds borrowed from the United States Treasury. But exactly why was protecting helium so important back then...simply because helium-3 had and still has uses that few were and still are privy to...uses like helium-3 being critical to nuclear power plant operations, while helium-4 is needed as a coolant for magnets critical to magnetic resonance imaging amongst other things.

But here let's concentrate on helium-3, for helium-3 has long been coveted by Putin ever since the Russian space company RKK Energiya announced back in 2006 that they considered lunar helium-3 to be a potential economic resource that would help accelerate both the development of nuclear fusion here on Earth as well as being an important resource in the development of next-generation nuclear propulsion systems. 

And why lunar helium-3...because unlike the Earth which is protected by its magnetic field, the Moon has been “bombarded,” if you will, with huge amounts of helium-3 for roughly 4.5 billion years courtesy of the solar winds. And helium-3 is believed to be a safer and faster producer of nuclear fusion energy because there are no neutrons generated as a reaction product and, therefore, the protons that do get generated have “charge,” meaning they can be safely contained using electromagnetic fields. And this helps in eliminating dangerous radioactive waste from being produced...waste that would need to be safely disposed of. 

And the process I just described would allow for the use of helium-3 fusion in both atmospheric and underwater nuclear weapons testing. Just think how many more nuclear bombs Russia could produce by being in control of the Moon's helium-3 deposits...just think of how Putin could keep the world gripped in cowering fear.   

These facts alone are not lost on Vladimir Putin as they're a motivating factor in Russia's entire space program and possibly even in our own, especially since China already has plans in the works to mine fusion ready helium-3 found on the Moon.

So with both we and Putin already knowing that helium-3 is more abundant on the Moon than on Earth, we both also know that helium-3 has a specific use that could be more beneficial and profitable to life here on Earth in the long run than just the making of nuclear weapons. Remember, as our need for more dependable energy sources grows more critical by the day, and as more and more countries become industrialized, we are always looking for new and better ways to meet those increasing energy needs. And the fact is that helium-3 could well hold the key to the production of basically unlimited clean energy.

How so? Again, the Moon holds the key as we already know that helium-3 exists on the Moon's dusty surface, Neil Armstrong discovered that back in 1969 when he walked the moon's surface, however, it's now been determined that there may be over one million+ tons... yes tons...of helium-3 on and buried just under the lunar surface. And know that one single ton of helium-3 can produce enough clean nuclear fusion power to a power a city of ten million people for one year...that alone is worth colonizing the Moon for, besides it being a highly profitable money making endeavor for the country that gathers and produces said energy.

But how would we extract the helium-3 on the Moon and get it safely to Earth...well it's not as complicated in theory as some might think, even while the cost in dollars at the beginning would be high. First, of course, a manned Moon colony must be established, and then in simple layman's terms said colony must have the proper mechanics in place to be able to heat the lunar dust...the source of helium-3...to around 600 degrees C. Once heated the “extract”...as in pure helium-3 gas...would then be placed in leak proof, what most likely would be metal containers, before being shipping back to Earth on specially designated cargo shuttle ships.

 

And while such possibilities might be decades away, if the country that was able to do this were to be Russia, Putin or more likely his hand-picked successor, could easily satisfy their lust for war and power for countless years to come...something we cannot and must not allow that to happen.

So where exactly does this now leave us in regards to the Moon? We know our reasons for going back to the Moon...for colonizing the Moon...are quite different than Russia's in regards to profiteering, but we also know that he who controls the Moon does control the Earth. Now add in the fact that on July 29, 1969...a mere eight years after JFK announced our country’s intentions to land on the Moon before the decades end...the then-Soviet Union made light of our achievement while they continued on with their own lunar-landing program while publicly denying its existence. Why so...because with denial comes the fact that Russia would not have to admit losing the “Space Race,” after all “saving face” is and remains as important for the Russians as it is for the Chinese, and is reason enough, in Putin's eyes, to try and put a colony...a manned lunar station...on the Moon before we do.

And the need to “save face” is what has both allowed and propelled Russia to briefly move ahead somewhat in the now race to colonize the Moon. How so... because Russia was able to take advantage of our space program grounding to a halt after the Challenger disaster and the mothballing of our shuttle missions. And while our journey into space continued on with the International Space Station, we were at the mercy of the Russians for we had to “hitch” a very expensive ride each time our astronauts went to the space station and then back to Earth again. But that all changed when NASA teamed up with the private aerospace sector and the likes of Elon Musk and Space X. You can read about the private sector industry's involvement with NASA in my Right Side Patriots partner Craig Andresen's companion article, Hello SpaceX and Dasvidaniya Russia.

So while NASA considers the Moon our “gateway to the universe” as per “NASA’s Plan for Sustained Lunar Exploration and Development,” which outlines our hope of returning to the Moon in 2024, along with colonization for peaceful purposes soon to follow... colonization where the benefits far outweigh the cost... the question remains can a U.S. military base be far behind if said goal is reached? Simply, such a base would not be far behind nor should it be an option taken off the table for like I said in the beginning, he who controls the Moon controls both the Earth and space. And if it's our military who ultimately controls the Moon so be it for the bottom line is that we see the Moon as the hope for mankind's future while Vladimir Putin and his ilk see the Moon as but the means to control and dominate us all. Two different visions for the Moon, but Putin's recent incursion into Ukraine probably says all we need to know. Case closed.

Copyright © 2022 / Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved. 

 

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