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WarDragon1984
That's probably what it would take to get us to go back to the moon... if only to put up a bigger one while we're there.
WalterMatthau
It's literally the only reason a flag is there now.
velkrai
The Sad part is deep down US-Chinese relations are so meh that this might cause a war.
nick00713
That would be good for NASA budget
imnotryan
i would rather see the entire fucking world and every living thing on it utterly destroyed than let China do that and get away with it.
leftbanana
Would be the justification for the creation of a permanent military installation on the moon to "protect the flag"
madbydesign
The whole reason they went to the moon was a big fuck you to Russia for having the first man in space.
BondHaimBond
Couple of million for a craft to fly to the moon, at these prices I'll take two.
RowanUnderwood
The flag was most likely knocked down by Apollo's exhaust :)
cannotgetaxeout1
Replace the flag step one, step two have stealth bomber release flaming bags of dog poop over China, step three laugh uncontrollably MURICA!
scott1234500
No China would "magicly" vanish with a lot of missles
Kennytarmac
SigynRose
We'd probably bring a bigger flag to put right next to the re-erected old one
timeloveandyarn
You know what they'd do? NASA would pull back a giant curtain revealing a shuttle primed and ready to go to the moon and be like 1/
timeloveandyarn
"Oh we planned to go to the moon again all along but while we're up there we'll put up a new flag...This is totally not out of spite..." 2/
MyRegularAcctIsntAnonymousEnough
yup. 'put yours up next to ours as an accomplishment' -no prob. 'be a dick about it'- that's a problem
FH2actual
Just remember our reasons for going up there in the first place.
supraman2turbo
America would colonize the moon, tell the UN to fuck off and claim it as US territory
vordt
Every time i see this theres always those guys in the comments going on about how the flag is white now
FourCatsAndSevenMemesAgo
According to what I've read, the US flag(s) we left up there should be completely devoid of color due to radiation (?)
SimonGarfunkle
But not petty at all the Chinese had done it in the first place
jmartkdr
Nah, then we'd knock over their flag, and pretty soon we'd both have moon colonies, but if either got into real trouble we'd be insta-bros
littlegoblin
Americans: Yeah well, We'll build a BIGGER ship and travel too Neptune.
MetaVulture
"Wait they did what?" "Yes, President Trump." -later- "My fellow Americans, I have fantastic news. Great news! The best news. China's nuked"
Counterfit
Nobody has better news than me. I win so much at news, I'm starting to get tired of it. It's not even news anymore, it's just winning.
MetaVulture
He should hire Charlie Sheen as his press secretary.
Leaveittojebus
You're damn right we'd re-erect it.
AnEvilGenius
Radiation from the sun has bleached the flag white by now. They would be stomping on a French flag.
zen524
RUDE AND I LOVE IT
AnEvilGenius
You should go through my comments
anvilon
Oooo savage.
Frogapus
You know, we always make this joke, but we were too frightened to even enter the war until years afterward.
pilomotor
America wasn't scared of war. We thought it would be more profitable to focus on manufacturing weapons to sell to our allies. And it was.
doogy
Actually something like this would be absolutely wonderful. Think of the funding NASA would receive.
AncientTerror
From what money?
artistnpoet
We would go back with a bigger flag and defence funding.
Vidikron
No shit. Nothing like a bit of outrage to motivate the masses. Build a wall around the moon!
PangolinWranglin
It'd be like Warframe!
AerospaceNinja
Haha, jokes on you. The flag is pure white by now cause of radiation
taliesan
Didnt american spend like millions inventing a pen that worked in zero gravity whilst russia used pencils?
WitteringRaven
Not its a myth both the U.S. and Russia used pencils to start, after the the fatal Apollo 1 fire the U.S. didn't want to send flammable 1/
WitteringRaven
items up, the asked Paul C. Fisher to make a pen, he did spend a lot of many making them but he sold them to NASA for 2.95 a piece
WitteringRaven
Russia switched to the pen shortly after
waiwode
There's a desolate rocky small island near Greenland where Canada and Denmark do this every year.
glaug
Do they incorporate a little pageantry?
waiwode
"...Danish military... ...leave a bottle of schnapps. And when [Canadian] military forces... ...leave a bottle of Canadian Club..."
mumumumumysharona
LOL it's literally .5 square miles. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Island
glaug
How about conquering China so that it becomes a U.S. territorial flag?
smakhai
That attempt would end the world.
glaug
It's kind of amusing to realize that a moonshot would actually be far cheaper
redjokerzero
Last time we fought the Chinese in the Korean War, we underestimated them and lost enough territory to push us into a tie
d0o0o0d
They underestimated us, too. They expected casualties, but not that many. Neither side really wants a rematch.
redjokerzero
Unfortunately we have been making the same mistake in every war that turned south since then: over-reliance on technological superiority
glaug
Oh, come on, that was a fluke. How can you go wrong with a land war in Asia?
Counterfit
We keep trying to find the answer.
d0o0o0d
Making them a territory would mean they'd get to vote in our elections. ~330M Americans, ~1.3B Chinese-Americans, can see how that'll end.
glaug
No, it wouldn't! Even Puerto Rico doesn't get representation in Congress or Presidential electors.
GolFoehammer
no representation but all of the benefits of a real state...
glaug
Representation *is* a pretty big benefit of statehood, tho
GolFoehammer
so is federal aid, government grants for state projects, welfare, etc.
d0o0o0d
PR doesn't meet the population minimum to be a state. China would, many times over.
glaug
There's no population minimum or automatic statehood. Puerto Rico isn't a state because Congress hasn't made it one.
d0o0o0d
I thought it was more-or-less automatic once a territory had enough population to justify a congresscritter.
d0o0o0d
Hang on, that's wrong. So why isn't PR a state?
Counterfit
PR was 29th out of 56 states and territories by population in 2010. Between Oklahoma and Connecticut.