I hope I'm not double posting this, sorry if this has already been sent
Chris, I agree with your points, so don't take my words as disagreement,
I'm just throwing out some ideas to add to the discussion.
Wouldn't it be EASIER to launch a deep space Expedition from a settled
Moon Colony then from Earth? My reasons are -
After getting settled into this colony[say a few years], they could
build a manned deep space ship and avoid having to expend more energy
for launching from Earth. Does that make any logical sense or is my
brain bumfuzzled?
BlazeEagle
Chris Campbell wrote:
At 04:02 PM 12/4/2006, Joseph Riggs wrote:
According to the article, Bush announced a 2020 return to the moon
back in 2004, although I don't recall hearing anything about it. But
the big news is the planned 'Polar Camp' on the moon planned for 2024.
Erm...why? I get missions to orbit and such, since you can do a lot in
the way of experiments and materials science projects there. And I get
the Voyager (and similar) missions, since they tell us a lot about our
solar system and its inhabitants. And I'm as gung ho as the next guy
about Hubble and other such projects, since they tell us a lot about the
universe in general. But what do we get out of a colony on the moon? Can
we actually set up observation posts there that will tell us more than
Hubble? Is mining going to be worth the trouble? What?
Building a permanent space station seems like a useful and worthwhile
project. By contrast, building a moon colony just seems...well, looney.
I don't get it.
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