Dem candidate for Congress warns about militarization of the moon by private companies

The United Federation of Planets is disappointed in you, Brianna. https://t.co/IcPe4JwYhC

— Jen Ramos, but decolonize Thanksgiving,, ?? (@jenmacramos) February 28, 2017

Democratic candidate for Congress Brianna Wu is warning that SpaceX’s plan to head to the moon next year…

BREAKING: SpaceX says it plans to launch a privately crewed mission to the moon next year. Story forthcoming.

— WIRED (@WIRED) February 27, 2017

…is a threat to the whole planet. For real:

1/ This is being covered as a fun hijink for rich people, but the idea of a private corporation having access to moon should give you pause. https://t.co/6nOlNp8bEl

— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) February 28, 2017

You see, Wu is afraid this private corporation will start mining the moon and then use giant rocks to threaten Earth (she deleted this tweet):

https://twitter.com/Bro_Pair/status/836454561409814529

Earth is also vulnerable in other ways:

https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/836449522960183296

And as a representative, this means she’ll fund NASA which will save us from moon terrorism:

https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/836449812945977344

https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/836450245584224256

An astronomer doubted her claims, but that didn’t stop Wu from arguing with him:

I don't entirely buy this. Not the best place to drop rocks from, and too far away to threaten GPS.

— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) February 28, 2017

Wu then told the astronomer to “do the math.” LOLOL:

https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/836451326477361152

Yes, but have to get them out of the Moon's gravity well first. Much better to get rocks already passing close and divert

— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) February 28, 2017

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I absolutely think that space rocks are a new WMD type for which technology is not far away.

— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) February 28, 2017

Right. So why bother getting the rocks off the moon when they are already RIGHT THERE in space and just need a tiny nudge

— Jonathan McDowell (@planet4589) February 28, 2017

Wu later doubled-down:

https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/836460677850152961

https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/836460982314668032

And blamed any criticism on her being a woman:

https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/836458009421307906

Sorry, but no. As a candidate for Congress, Wu is open to the same exact mocking as say Newt Gingrich when he said crazy things about the moon. Some examples:

Trump hasn't even taken office, but Newt "Moon Colony" Gingrich is already deifying him. https://t.co/r4GzMhGnR5 pic.twitter.com/IK3n1AFJXr

— The New Republic (@newrepublic) December 13, 2016

Newt is gonna get that goddamn moon base or die trying. https://t.co/61rxUV0uTT

— Aaron Mehta (@AaronMehta) November 17, 2016

I see Newt's adjusting his wardrobe for when Donald names him King of the Moon https://t.co/wxjV0oDo9B

— Joshua Fechter ? (@JFreports) November 21, 2016

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Editor’s note: We’ve corrected a typo in the headline.