Return to the moon

The funny thing is, if the US dont do it, China will.

Chang'e-1 is to be launched in April this year. Lunar satellite. Its main objective is to do 3d mapping of the lunar surface. The launch will mark the start of the Chinese lunar program which aims to have manned missions to the surface starting in 2017.

The only thing I'd be afraid of is if the moon was used for future missions to other planets is that the same scale of industrialism/polictics would be become commonplace-maybe not fighting over oil etc but over other minerals/fuels.

You can bet your bottom dollar that what happens on earth will happen up there eventually

The only thing I'd be afraid of is if the moon was used for future missions to other planets is that the same scale of industrialism/polictics would be become commonplace-maybe not fighting over oil etc but over other minerals/fuels.

You can bet your bottom dollar that what happens on earth will happen up there eventually

Hmmm - imagine Charlie Bird doing a report on the 6th Infantry moving in on Plato - at 1/6th gravity...

What would happen to artillery shells?

I would like to see us return to the moon. I dont see it as a waste of money. Its another place for humans to live, and it's close to us from a travel point of view. We can realistically live there i think.